The Rise of Market Society in England, 1066-1800 / / Christiane Eisenberg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Eisenberg, Christiane,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in British and Imperial History ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)

Focusing on England, this study reconstructs the centuries-long process of commercialization that gave birth to the modern market society. It shows how certain types of markets (e.g. those for real estate, labor, capital, and culture) came into being, and how the social relations mediated by markets were formed. The book deals with the creation of institutions like the Bank of England, the Stock Exchange, and Lloyd’s of London, as well as the way the English dealt with the uncertainty and the risks involved in market transactions. Christiane Eisenberg shows that the creation of a market society and modern capitalism in England occurred under circumstances that were utterly different from those on the European continent. In addition, she demonstrates that as a process, the commercialization of business, society, and culture in England did not lead directly to an industrial society, as has previously been suggested, but rather to a service economy.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Preface to the German Edition -- Introduction ENGLAND AND THE PROCESS OF COMMERCIALIZATION -- Chapter 1 MEDIEVAL FOUNDATIONS OF MARKET EXCHANGE -- Chapter 2 GROWTH AND CONSOLIDATION OF MARKET EXCHANGE IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD -- Chapter 3 THE EMBEDDEDNESS OF MARKET EXCHANGE -- Conclusion COMMERCIALIZATION AS AN HISTORICAL PROCESS -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX