UID:
edocfu_9959239106402883
Format:
1 online resource (xx, 513 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-58286-2
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0-511-00398-6
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 33
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Introduction --
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The proto-industrialization debate --
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Social institutions in early modern Wurttemberg --
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The Black Forest worsted industry --
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The finances of the proto-industrial guild --
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Labour supply and entry restrictions --
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Production volume and output controls --
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Population growth and the family --
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Corporate groups and economic development --
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Corporatism and conflict --
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Proto-industry and social institutions in Europe --
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Conclusion.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-02584-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-37209-7
Language:
English
