Early Modern Conceptions of Property draws together academics from a variety of disciplines, including law, economics, politics, art history, social history and literature in order to consider fundamental issues of property in the early modern period. Presenting diverse, original historical and literary case studies in a theoretical framework, it offers a challenge to conventional domestically-focused and land-biased interpretations.
Early Modern Conceptions of Property draws together academics from a variety of disciplines, including law, economics, politics, art history, social h...
The study of a past society in terms of what it consumed rather than what it produced is a recent development. Under the direction of John Brewer, the Center for 17th and 18th Century Studies and the Clark Library at UCLA have created an international programme which analyses the material culture of the 17th and 18th centuries. Focusing on Britain and English-speaking North America but also examining continental Europe, the programme uses, among others, the techniques and methods of social, economic and cultural history, archaeology, sociology, anthropology, and art history.
The study of a past society in terms of what it consumed rather than what it produced is a recent development. Under the direction of John Brewer, the...
Early Modern Conceptions of Property draws together distinguished academics from a variety of disciplines, including law, economics, politics, art history, social history and literature, in order to consider fundamental issues of property in the early modern period. Presenting diverse original historical and literary case studies in a sophisticated theoretical framework, it offers a challenge to conventional interpretations.
Early Modern Conceptions of Property draws together distinguished academics from a variety of disciplines, including law, economics, politics...
This powerful interpretation of English history provides a completely new framework for understanding how Britain emerged in the eighteenth century as a major international power.
John Brewer's brilliant analysis makes clear that the drastic increase in Britain's military involvement (and success) in Europe and the expansion of her commercial and imperial interests would not have happened without a concurrent radical increase in taxation, along with a surge in deficit financing and the growth of a substantial public administration. Warfare and taxes reshaped the English economy, and...
This powerful interpretation of English history provides a completely new framework for understanding how Britain emerged in the eighteenth century...
This book offers a new approach to the history of the modern state. It concentrates on the eighteenth century and on the cases of Britain and Germany. By using a comparative study of these two states, including Prussia, it deconstructs certain cliches about them and forces us to rethink how to study states in the early modern era. "
This book offers a new approach to the history of the modern state. It concentrates on the eighteenth century and on the cases of Britain and Germany....
