The self-perception of early modern capitalists

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The self-perception of early modern capitalists

[edited by] Margaret C. Jacob and Catherine Secretan

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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"First Palgrave Macmillan paperback edition: August 2009"--T.p. verso

Originally published: 2008

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A collection of essays by leading historians of early modern Europe and the U.S., this books explores how merchants, entrepreneurs, and other early modern capitalists viewed themselves.

Table of Contents

Theological Roots of the Medieval/Modern Merchants' Self-Representation- G. Todeschini PART I: SELF-IMAGES Images and Self-Images of Sephardic Merchants in Early Modern Europe and the Mediterranean- F. Trivellato Merchants in Charge. The Self-Perception of Amsterdam Merchants, ca. 1550-1700- C. Lesger Merchants on the Defensive: National Self-Images in the Dutch Republic of the Late Eighteenth Century- D. Sturkenboom PART II: CAPITALISM AS NORMATIVE "Merchants" and "Gentlemen" in Eighteenth-Century Sweden: Worlds of Jean Abraham Grill- L. Muller Professional Ethics and Commercial Rationality at the Beginning of the Modern Era- J. Hoock The Anxious Merchant, the Bold Speculator, and the Malicious Bankrupt: Doing Business in Eighteenth-Century Hamburg- M. Lindemann Accounting for War and Revolution: Philadelphia Merchants and Commercial Risk, 1774-1811 PART III: INDIVIDUALS AND STRIVING Accounting for Science: How a Merchant Kept His Books in Elizabethan London- D. Harkness Coming of Age in Trade: Masculinity and Commerce in Eighteenth-Century England- J. Smail Success and Self-Loathing in the Life of an Eighteenth-Century Entrepreneur- M. Kadane

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  • NCID
    BB07135111
  • ISBN
    • 9780230617810
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    vi, 279 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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