"Ouvriers et travailleurs sont des figures bien connues, mais leurs contours n'ont cessé d'évoluer aux XIXe et XXe siècles en Europe. À partir d'un réexamen de la manière dont on a écrit leur histoire, le propos de cet ouvrage ambitieux est de redessiner ces figures. Rassemblant une...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Maps, Tables, and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Methods and Sources -- Structure of the Book -- PART I: COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- Chapter Two: The Development of the Antwerp Market before 1500 -- Antwerp's Early Development -- The...

This paper examines the relationship between changes in the financial sector and the increasing inequality in Germany. For this, first an overview about the development of the main inequality indicators for Germany is given, which show inequality has been rising since the 1980s. Thereafter, the...