Compassionate Capitalism

Business and Community in Medieval England

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

It may seem like a recent trend, but businesses have been practising compassionate capitalism for nearly a thousand years.Based on the newly discovered historical documents on Cambridge’s sophisticated urban property market during the Commercial Revolution in the thirteenth century, this book explores how successful entrepreneurs employed the wealth they had accumulated to the benefit of the community.Cutting across disciplines, from economic and business history to entrepreneurship, philanthropy and medieval studies, this outstanding volume presents an invaluable contribution to our knowledge of the early phases of capitalism.A companion book, The Cambridge Hundred Rolls Sources Volume, replacing the previous incomplete and inaccurate transcription by the Record Commission of 1818, is also available from Bristol University Press.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-04-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 30 mm
Vikt:748 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781529209259

Utforska kategorier

Mikroekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Affärsetik inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Ekonomisk historia inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Catherine Casson is Lecturer in Enterprise at Alliance Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester. Her publications include a co-authored book with Mark Casson on The Entrepreneur in History: From Medieval Merchant to Modern Business Leader (Basingstoke, 2013).Mark Casson is Professor of Economics at the University of Reading and Director of the Centre for Institutions and Economic History. A Fellow of the British Academy, he has published extensively in the fields of the fields of economic history, international business, entrepreneurship and transport studies. John S. Lee is Research Associate at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York. His publications include Cambridge and its Economic Region, 1450-1560 (Hatfield, 2005).Katie Phillips ihas completed an AHRC-funded PhD in Medieval Studies at the University of Reading.

Recensioner i media

"Our knowledge of early capitalism is far from perfect. This book makes an important contribution to redress this situation, while also providing very valuable new information about medieval Cambridge and its territory." Guido Alfani, Bocconi University

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionDynamics of the Property MarketEconomic TopographyFamily ProfilesFamily DynastiesCambridge and its Regional EnvironmentLegacy: Cambridge in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth CenturiesConclusion