For a long time guilds have been condemned as a major obstacle to economic progress in the pre-industrial era. This re-examination of the role of guilds in the early modern European economy challenges that view by taking into account fresh research on innovation, technological change and entrepreneurship. Leading economic historians argue that industry before the Industrial Revolution was much more innovative than previous studies have allowed for and explore the different products and production techniques that were launched and developed in this period. Much of this innovation was fostered by the craft guilds that formed the backbone of industrial production before the rise of the steam engine. The book traces the manifold ways in which guilds in a variety of industries in Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Britain helped to create an institutional environment conducive to technological and marketing innovations.
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A re-examination of the role of guilds in the early modern European economy. Leading economic historians argue that industry before the Industrial Revolution was much more innovative than previous studies have allowed for and explore the different products and production techniques that were launched and developed in this period.
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art market, state corporatism, first modern economy, social capital, geschenkte crafts, journeyman migration, journeyman tramping, prévöt des marchands, engine loom, metropolitan guilds, silk ribbon weaving, married journeymen, centralised workshops, artisan migration, rural guilds, ribbon manufacture, guild framework, affluent masters, ribbon industry, guild statutes, guild officials, framework knitters, manufacturing guilds, workshop size, master artisans Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cambridge University Press, New York, Ulrich Pfister, Early Modern, Middle Ages, Maarten Prak, Oxford University Press, Guild-based Export Trades, Francesca Trivellato, Economic Change, Technological Change, Eighteenth-century Lyon, Low Countries, Economic History, Della Valentina, Michael Berlin, Silk Fabrics, British Pewter, New Haven, Dutch Golden, Theory of Firm, Reinhold Reith, Circulation of Skilled Labour, Golden Age, Maxine Berg Browse Sample Pages:
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art market, state corporatism, first modern economy, social capital, geschenkte crafts, journeyman migration, journeyman tramping, prévöt des marchands, engine loom, metropolitan guilds, silk ribbon weaving, married journeymen, centralised workshops, artisan migration, rural guilds, ribbon manufacture, guild framework, affluent masters, ribbon industry, guild statutes, guild officials, framework knitters, manufacturing guilds, workshop size, master artisans Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cambridge University Press, New York, Ulrich Pfister, Early Modern, Middle Ages, Maarten Prak, Oxford University Press, Guild-based Export Trades, Francesca Trivellato, Economic Change, Technological Change, Eighteenth-century Lyon, Low Countries, Economic History, Della Valentina, Michael Berlin, Silk Fabrics, British Pewter, New Haven, Dutch Golden, Theory of Firm, Reinhold Reith, Circulation of Skilled Labour, Golden Age, Maxine Berg Browse Sample Pages:
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