Capitalist self, the: the social origins of financial capitalism in early modern england
Auteur :
Muldrew, Craig
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009644471
Date de publication :
31 oct. 2025
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this radical reinterpretation of the Financial Revolution, Craig Muldrew transforms our understanding of capitalism as a socially constructed set of institutions and beliefs. He shows how credit was transformed into capital through accounting and paper currency as well as through ideas about the self which stressed individual responsibility.