Evolutions of Capitalism : Historical Perspectives, 1200-2000 /

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Covering times, places and topics that have often been overlooked in the existing economic history literature, this collection charts the most comprehensive chronology of capitalism to date.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Rössner, Philipp Robinson (Editor ), Casson, Catherine (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Capitalism.
Capitalism > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Evolutions of Capitalism: Historical Perspectives: 1200-2000
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • Definition of capitalism
  • Five functions relevant to capitalism
  • Key dates for entrepreneurship
  • Key dates for finance
  • Key dates for management
  • Key dates for workers
  • Key dates for political leaders
  • Summary of chronological change
  • References
  • 2 The Market as an Institution: Theory and History
  • Introduction
  • Evolution of the market
  • Definition of a market
  • Plan of the chapter
  • Key concepts in the analysis of markets
  • Private property
  • Alienability
  • Incentives to trade
  • Money
  • Comparison
  • Co-location of transactions
  • Trust
  • Intermediation
  • Markets and innovation
  • Economic theory of markets
  • Analysis of market behaviour
  • Typology of market processes
  • Retailing and local market competition
  • A social network approach to retail markets
  • Locations of towns
  • Roles of towns: historical evidence
  • The urban marketplace: topography
  • Policy intervention: regulation of the market
  • Objectives
  • Origins of regulation
  • Regulation of wholesale trade: role of civic customs
  • Quality control
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 3 Regulating Capitalism
  • The scholastic heritage and beyond
  • Transitions towards capitalism: case study of late medieval Germany and the Reformation, 1470s-1530s
  • Monetary regulation
  • Industrial policy
  • Notes
  • References
  • 4 Capitalism and State Ownership Models
  • Introduction
  • Literature review
  • Sweden: historical background for ownership model
  • Norway: historical background for state ownership
  • Norway falling behind after 1870
  • State ownership after the Second World War
  • Liberalization and embracing of the Hydro model
  • Comparing ownership models of Norway and Sweden
  • Collaboration between business and Social Democrats
  • National ownership and control
  • Active ownership
  • Monitoring and free-riding
  • The present standing of the ownership model
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • 5 Comparative and Connected Global Capitalism(s)
  • Introduction
  • Capitalism(s) before divergence
  • Capitalism(s) and the institutions of global trade
  • Whose capitalism?
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 6 Capitalism, Imperialism and the Emergence of an Industrialized Global Economy
  • Introduction
  • Some (stylized) theory and history
  • The concentration and centralization of capital, backwardness, stage theory and capitalist modernization
  • State capitalism, imperialism and late industrialization
  • The rise of the rest: late industrial capitalism in Asia
  • Cosy capitalism or crony capitalism?
  • Re-evaluating the dynamics of imperialism-industrialism: a perspective (largely) from Latin America: the imperialism of free trade, structuralism and dependency
  • Conclusion
  • References

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