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Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family, and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740

by Richard Grassby

  • Paperback
  • 528 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 3 cm

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For historians and scholars of early modern society

Challenges the view of family change due to capitalism

You will gain a deeper understanding of economic history

This insightful book explores the intertwining of marriage, family, and business from 1580 to 1740.

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This uncompromisingly empirical study reconstructs the public and private lives of urban business families during the period of England\'s emergence as a world economic power. Using a broad cross-section of archival sources, it tests the orthodox view that the family as an institution was transformed by capitalism and individualism.
Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family, and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740 and In Face of the Facts
In Face of the FactsKinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family, and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740

  • Title

    Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family, and Business in the English-Speaking World, 1580-1740

  • Author

    Richard Grassby

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    January 2007

  • Weight

    768g

  • Page Count

    528

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521033084

  • ISBN-10

    052103308X

  • Eden Code

    4998091

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