Scholarly discussions on economic development in history, specifically those linked to industrialization or modern … comparing those cases with others from Europe and China's economic history. The contributors focus on three areas of inquiry …" in early modern economies from the perspective of Japanese socioeconomic history during Tokugawa era (1603-1868), and by …

the steady advent of capitalism in early modern Europe. This volume brings together scholars with expertise in a variety … of related fields, including economic history, the history of consumption and material culture, art history, and the … history of collecting, to explore changing concepts of value from the early modern period to the nineteenth century and …