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The Business Community of Seventeenth-Century England »

Authors: Richard Grassby
ISBN-13: 9780521890861, ISBN-10: 0521890861
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: November 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

A comprehensive study of the business community in a pre-industrial economy.

	List of figures
	List of tables
	Preface
	List of abbreviations
	Explanatory notes
	Introduction: Questions and sources	1
Pt. 1	Business as a career
1	The status of business	29
2	Obstacles to entry	53
3	Funding and risk	82
4	Necessity and choice	108
Pt. 2	Paths to fortune
5	The pattern of recruitment	139
6	Skills and motivation	171
7	Politics and government	204
8	The measure of success	234
Pt. 3	Life styles
9	Religion and ethics	271
10	Family structure	302
11	Consumption and leisure	334
12	A symbiotic culture	364
	Conclusion: Private enterprise in a pre-industrial economy	395
	Bibliography	419
	Index	595