Culture of Capital: Property, Cities, and Knowledge in Early Modern England
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Book Description
The Culture of Capital brings together leading literary critics and historians to reassess one of the defining features of early modern England-the idea of "capital." The collection reevaluates the different aspects of the concept as it emerged amidst the profound economic, social, and technological changes typical of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. As the essays move from the birth of private property and the rise of cities to the appearance of the printed book and the claims of modern science, the contributors reveal the nuanced relationships among economic value and other forms of religious, cultural, political, and intellectual value, as well as the persistence of objects, activities, and concepts that resisted becoming "capital" in a modern sense. Offering exemplary models of rigorous theoretical, literary, and historical work, the volume maps the ground for a new, enriched, interdisciplinary history of early modern England.
About the Author
Henry S. Turner is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Culture of Capital: Property, Cities, and Knowledge in Early Modern England,Henry Turner,Routledge,0415929253,16th century,Anthropology - Cultural,Business / Economics / Finance,Cities and towns,England,Finance,History,Land tenure,Social Science,Sociology,Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural,United Kingdom, Great Britain,World history: c 1500 to c 1750
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