Richard Grassby

Kinship and Capitalism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study reconstructs the lives of urban business families during England's emergence as a world economic power.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1001g
• ISBN-13: 9780521782036
• ISBN-10: 0521782031
• Artikelnr.: 35457012

Inhaltsangabe

Tables
Abbreviations
Explanatory notes
Preface
Introduction: models and myths
Part I. Marriage: 1. Making a match
2. Husbands and wives
3. Widowers and widows
Part II. The Business Family: 4. Parents and children
5. Adulthood and old age
6. Kin and community
Part III. The Family Business: 7. Men in business
8. Women in business
9. Inheritance and advancement
Conclusion: capitalism and the life cycle
Appendices
Sources
Index.