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Capitalists in Spite of Themselves: Elite Conflict and Economic Transitions in Early Modern Europe
Lachmann, Richard (Associate Professor Sociology, Associate Professor Sociology, State University of New York, Albany)
Capitalists in Spite of Themselves: Elite Conflict and Economic Transitions in Early Modern Europe
Lachmann, Richard (Associate Professor Sociology, Associate Professor Sociology, State University of New York, Albany)
Lachmann offers a new explanation for the origins of nation-states and capitalist markets in early modern Europe. Comparing European regions and cities from the 12th to the 18th centuries, he shows how conflict among elites made the winners become capitalists to defend their privileges from rivals.
326 pages, 2 maps
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 17, 2000 |
ISBN13 | 9780195075687 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 328 |
Dimensions | 235 × 162 × 28 mm · 694 g |