The Economy of Obligation: The Culture of Credit and Social Relations in Early Modern England
(Part of the Early Modern History: Society and Culture Series)
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This book is an excellent work of scholarship. It seeks to redefine the early modern English economy by rejecting the concept of capitalism, and instead explores the cultural meaning of credit, resulting from the way in which it was economically structured. It is a major argument of the book that money was used only in a limited number of exchanges, and that credit in terms of household reputation, was a 'cultural currency' of trust used to transact...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:134926881X
ISBN13:9781349268818
Release Date:January 1998
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:453 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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