The business community of seventeenth-century England:
This comprehensive study explores all aspects of the English business community as it developed between 1590 and 1720. Drawing on largely untapped records of private firms as well as on institutional archives, Richard Grassby describes and explains the economic and technical structure of business in...
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Zusammenfassung: | This comprehensive study explores all aspects of the English business community as it developed between 1590 and 1720. Drawing on largely untapped records of private firms as well as on institutional archives, Richard Grassby describes and explains the economic and technical structure of business in a pre-industrial economy and examines the ways in which social values, demographic factors, the family, the state and religion distributed talent, trained and motivated businessmen and determined their life style. The important conclusion which emerges from his study is that individual initiative and a fluid social structure largely account for differences in response to economic opportunities between England and other pre-industrial societies. His book offers an empirically based analysis of why men entered business, how they lived and worked and what they achieved, and it will appeal to all who wish to understand the dynamics of pre-industrial growth and the interaction between business and society |
Beschreibung: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xxx, 615 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780511605581 |
DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511605581 |
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spelling | Grassby, Richard Verfasser aut The business community of seventeenth-century England Richard Grassby Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1995 1 online resource (xxx, 615 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) This comprehensive study explores all aspects of the English business community as it developed between 1590 and 1720. Drawing on largely untapped records of private firms as well as on institutional archives, Richard Grassby describes and explains the economic and technical structure of business in a pre-industrial economy and examines the ways in which social values, demographic factors, the family, the state and religion distributed talent, trained and motivated businessmen and determined their life style. The important conclusion which emerges from his study is that individual initiative and a fluid social structure largely account for differences in response to economic opportunities between England and other pre-industrial societies. His book offers an empirically based analysis of why men entered business, how they lived and worked and what they achieved, and it will appeal to all who wish to understand the dynamics of pre-industrial growth and the interaction between business and society Geschichte 1600-1700 Geschichte 1590-1720 gnd rswk-swf Sozialgeschichte 1590-1720 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte Unternehmen Wirtschaft Merchants / England / History / 17th century Business enterprises / England / History / 17th century Unternehmen (DE-588)4061963-1 gnd rswk-swf Handel (DE-588)4023222-0 gnd rswk-swf Unternehmer (DE-588)4061949-7 gnd rswk-swf Privatunternehmen (DE-588)4175755-5 gnd rswk-swf Kaufmann (DE-588)4128272-3 gnd rswk-swf England / Economic conditions / 17th century England (DE-588)4014770-8 gnd rswk-swf 1\p (DE-588)4006432-3 Bibliografie gnd-content England (DE-588)4014770-8 g Unternehmen (DE-588)4061963-1 s Geschichte 1590-1720 z 2\p DE-604 Kaufmann (DE-588)4128272-3 s 3\p DE-604 Unternehmer (DE-588)4061949-7 s Sozialgeschichte 1590-1720 z 4\p DE-604 Privatunternehmen (DE-588)4175755-5 s 5\p DE-604 Handel (DE-588)4023222-0 s 6\p DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe 978-0-521-43450-8 Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe 978-0-521-89086-1 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511605581 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 4\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 5\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 6\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
spellingShingle | Grassby, Richard The business community of seventeenth-century England Geschichte Unternehmen Wirtschaft Merchants / England / History / 17th century Business enterprises / England / History / 17th century Unternehmen (DE-588)4061963-1 gnd Handel (DE-588)4023222-0 gnd Unternehmer (DE-588)4061949-7 gnd Privatunternehmen (DE-588)4175755-5 gnd Kaufmann (DE-588)4128272-3 gnd |
subject_GND | (DE-588)4061963-1 (DE-588)4023222-0 (DE-588)4061949-7 (DE-588)4175755-5 (DE-588)4128272-3 (DE-588)4014770-8 (DE-588)4006432-3 |
title | The business community of seventeenth-century England |
title_auth | The business community of seventeenth-century England |
title_exact_search | The business community of seventeenth-century England |
title_full | The business community of seventeenth-century England Richard Grassby |
title_fullStr | The business community of seventeenth-century England Richard Grassby |
title_full_unstemmed | The business community of seventeenth-century England Richard Grassby |
title_short | The business community of seventeenth-century England |
title_sort | the business community of seventeenth century england |
topic | Geschichte Unternehmen Wirtschaft Merchants / England / History / 17th century Business enterprises / England / History / 17th century Unternehmen (DE-588)4061963-1 gnd Handel (DE-588)4023222-0 gnd Unternehmer (DE-588)4061949-7 gnd Privatunternehmen (DE-588)4175755-5 gnd Kaufmann (DE-588)4128272-3 gnd |
topic_facet | Geschichte Unternehmen Wirtschaft Merchants / England / History / 17th century Business enterprises / England / History / 17th century Handel Unternehmer Privatunternehmen Kaufmann England / Economic conditions / 17th century England Bibliografie |
url | https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511605581 |
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