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Jews and New Christians in the making of the Atlantic world in the 16th-17th centuries : a survey
Szlajfer, Henryk - 2024
"This book will focus on analysis of the role the New Christians and Jews played in the formation of the colonial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014393320
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A unifying enlightenment : institutions of political economy in eighteenth-century Spain (1700-1808)
Astigarraga, Jesús - 2021
"This book is the result of a research process of long durée. Entirely original material rubs shoulders with other work that has already seen the light of day in the form of previous versions of articles and chapters in books, normally in languages other than English. Some of the earlier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012310952
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Distant Tyranny: Markets, Power, and Backwardness in Spain, 1650-1800 : Markets, Power, and Backwardness in Spain, 1650-1800
Grafe, Regina - 2012
Main description: Spain's development from a premodern society into a modern unified nation-state with an integrated … Spain's slow march to modernity. Through a groundbreaking analysis of the market for bacalao--dried and salted codfish that … powerful interior towns obstructed Spain's economic development through jurisdictional obstacles to trade, which exacerbated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014482636
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Consumer culture and the making of modern Jewish identity
Reuveni, Gideon - 2021 - First paperback edition
"Antisemitic stereotypes of Jews as capitalists have hindered research into the economic dimension of the Jewish past … central to Jewish life and the Jewish image in the world; Jews not only made money but spent money. This book is the first to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012623479
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Eduardo Barreiros and the Recovery of Spain
Thomas, Hugh - 2009
immensely successful entrepreneur and one of Spain’s most prominent industrialists. In this engaging biography, the first on a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014487887
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Methods in Premodern Economic History : Case studies from the Holy Roman Empire, c.1300-c.1600
Kypta, Ulla (ed.); Bruch, Julia (ed.); Skambraks, Tanja (ed.) - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
Chapter 1: Introductory Remarks -- Chapter 2: Grand Narratives in Premodern Economic History -- Chapter 3: Introduction into the Study of Production -- Chapter 4: Introduction into the Study of Markets -- Chapter 5: Introduction into the Study of Money and Credit -- Chapter 6: Reviewed Sample...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398942
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Markets and market institutions : their origin and evolution
Casson, Mark - 2011
The origin of markets is a central issue in economics and economic history, but until now there has been no definitive reference source on the subject. This authoritative collection fills the gap by reprinting key papers analysing the evolution of markets over the past millennium. These papers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852321
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Orsanmichele : a medieval grain market and confraternity
Ito, Marie D'Aguanno - 2024
This volume presents a new history of Orsanmichele, covering the centuries before the Renaissance. It explores the Florentine grain market, the piazza of Orsanmichele and its loggias, and Orsanmichele s important confraternity and Madonnas during the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014340083
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Methods in premodern economic history : case studies from the Holy Roman Empire c.1300-c.1600
Kypta, Ulla (ed.); Bruch, Julia (ed.); Skambraks, Tanja (ed.) - 2019
This edited collection demonstrates how economic history can be analysed using both quantitative and qualitative methods, connecting statistical research with the social, cultural and psychological aspects of history. With their focus on the time between the end of the commercial revolution and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011997556
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The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto
Gay, Suzanne - 2001
The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto examines the large community of sake brewer-moneylenders in Japan's capital city, focusing on their rise to prominence from the mid-1300s to 1550. Their guild tie to overlords, notably the great monastery Enryakuji, was forged early in the medieval period,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014488536