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Focusing on England, this study reconstructs the centuries-long process of commercialization that gave birth to the modern market society. It shows how certain types of markets (e.g. those for real estate, labor, capital, and culture) came into being, and how the social relations mediated by markets were formed. The book deals with the creation of institutions like the Bank of England, the Stock Exchange, and Lloyd's of London, as well as the way the English dealt with the uncertainty and the risks involved in market transactions. Christiane Eisenberg shows that the creation of a market society and modern capitalism in England occurred under circumstances that were utterly different from those on the European continent. In addition, she demonstrates that as a process, the commercialization of business, society, and culture in England did not lead directly to an industrial society, as has previously been suggested, but rather to a service economy.
Contents
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Preface
Preface to the Translation
Introduction: England and the Process of Commercialization
Chapter 1. Medieval Foundations of Market Exchange
Institutions and Law
Social Structure, Mobility, and Social Relations
Chapter 2. Growth and Consolidation of Market Exchange in the Early Modern Period
Impulses toward Commercialization: Population Growth, Agrarian Revolution, and Urbanization
Reciprocal Effects between Commerce and Industry
Centralized Production
Urban Trades
Rural Proto-industry
Concentration of Powers: The Financial Revolution of the Eighteenth Century
Chapter 3. The Embeddedness of Market Exchange
Generating Trust
Facts, News, and Periodicity
Games, Speculation, and the Culture of Commerce
Conclusions: Commercialization as an Historical Process
English Market Society in 1800: Regulatory Mechanisms and Directions of Development
Driving Forces, Path Dependencies, and Development Potential: Perspectives for a Long-term European Comparison
Bibliography
Image Credits
Index
