| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 513 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 33 |
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Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 33.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. The proto-industrialization debate -- 3. Social institutions in early modern Wurttemberg -- 4. The Black Forest worsted industry -- 5. The finances of the proto-industrial guild -- 6. Labour supply and entry restrictions -- 7. Production volume and output controls -- 8. Population growth and the family -- 9. Corporate groups and economic development -- 10. Corporatism and conflict -- 11. Proto-industry and social institutions in Europe -- 12. Conclusion |
| Summary |
State Corporatism and Proto-Industry focuses on an industrial countryside in south-west Germany, where a dense worsted industry dominated the rural economy from 1580 to 1800. This is an example of 'proto-industry', the dense, export-oriented rural manufacturing which arose throughout Europe before factory industrialization. But although the Württemberg worsted industry possessed all the features of a classic proto-industry, closer scrutiny throws doubt on basic assumptions about European proto-industrialization. In this book, Sheilagh Ogilvie shows that proto-industries did not break down traditional society. Instead, corporate institutions such as guilds, merchant companies, village communities and manorial systems retained enormous power. This was a result of 'state corporatism': the expanding early modern state granted privileges to favoured groups in return for fiscal and regulatory co-operation. As Ogilvie shows, these corporate privileges profoundly constrained both individual decisions and economic development |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 476-498) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Weavers -- Germany -- Wildberg (Baden-Württemberg) -- History
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Woolen goods industry -- Germany -- Wildberg (Baden-Württemberg) -- History
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Woolen and worsted manufacture -- Germany -- Wildberg (Baden-Württemberg) -- History
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Guilds -- Germany -- Wildberg (Baden-Württemberg) -- History
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Municipal franchises -- Germany -- Wildberg (Baden-Württemberg) -- History
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Industrialization -- Germany -- Wildberg (Baden-Württemberg) -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Fashion & Textile Industry.
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Economic history
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Guilds
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Industrialization
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Municipal franchises
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Social conditions
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Weavers
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Woolen and worsted manufacture
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Woolen goods industry
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Proto-industrialisatie.
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Wolindustrie.
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Kamgaren.
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Corporatisme.
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Overheid.
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Wildberg (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) -- Economic conditions
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Wildberg (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) -- Social conditions
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Germany -- Wildberg (Baden-Württemberg)
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Zwarte Woud.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511003986 |
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9780511003981 |
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0511582862 |
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9780511582868 |
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