Title Rules of exchange : French capitalism in comparative perspective, eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries / Alessandro Stanziani

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012

Click on the following:
EBSCO eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource (ix, 313 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction -- Part I. Building Ideal Markets: Economic and Legal Culture: 1. Economic thought and competition; 2. Codes, customs and jurisdictions -- Part II. Trade and Marketplace: 3. Covered markets; 4. The world of shops; 5. Intangible trade and the produce exchange -- Part III. Market as Transaction: 6. Contracts and the quality of goods; 7. Trademark, quality and reputation; 8. Expertise and product specification; 9. Rules of international trade -- Part IV. General Rules of Competition: Speculation, Trusts and Fair Competition: 10. Hoarding and speculation; 11. The law of competition and unfair competition in other 'Western' countries -- General conclusion: market, exchange, and the ideal of non-competition Summary "This book provides a new intellectual, economic and legal history of capitalism from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher "The control of competition is designed, at best, to reconcile socioeconomic stability with innovation, and at worst, to keep competitors out of the market. In this respect, the nineteenth century was no more liberal than the eighteenth century. Even during the presumed liberal nineteenth century, legal regulation played a major role in the economy, and the industrial revolution was based on market institutions and organisations formed during the second half of the seventeenth century. If indeed there is a break in the history of capitalism, it should be situated at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with the irruption of mass production, consumption and the welfare state, which introduced new forms of regulation. This book provides a new intellectual, economic and legal history of capitalism from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. It analyzes the interaction between economic practices and legal constructions in France and compares the French case with other Western countries during this period, such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and Italy"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Capitalism -- France Capital -- France Capital -- Law and legislation -- France BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Free Enterprise. Capital Capital -- Law and legislation Capitalism Economic history SUBJECT France -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051216 Subject France Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139010269 1139010263

  Permalink