ISBN:
9781349268795
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Resource (xvii, 453 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Early modern history: society and culture Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Credit-England-King's Lynn-History-17th century
;
King's Lynn (England)-Social conditions
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Deconstructing Capitalism -- Part I Economic Expansion and Structures -- 1 The Sixteenth-Century Growth of the Market -- 2 The Structure and Practice of Marketing Activity, and its Expansion -- 3 Transactions on the Market -- 4 The Structure of Credit Networks -- Part II The Culture of Credit -- 5 The Sociability of Credit and Commerce -- 6 The Cultural Currency of Credit and the Construction of Reputation -- 7 Unpaid Debts and Doubts about Trust -- Part III Credit and its Discontents -- 8 Disputes and Levels of Litigation -- 9 Litigation and the Social Order: Debt and Downward Mobility -- Part IV Conclusion -- 10 The Contractual Society -- Appendix I Counting Suits in Borough Courts -- Appendix II Chartered Boroughs with Active Courts of Record -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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