"Global history is predicated on connections and exchange: how connections between far-flung people, places, and … objects are forged through a variety of exchanges. As world history has matured as a field, its practitioners have found the … same objects. Using luxury goods as a conduit, Luxury in Global Perspective enriches our understanding of global history"-- …

. If indeed there is a break in the history of capitalism, it should be situated at the turn of the nineteenth and … regulation. This book provides a new intellectual, economic and legal history of capitalism from the eighteenth century to the … early twentieth century. It analyzes the interaction between economic practices and legal constructions in France and …