Article ID: CBB568225181

Renaissance Florence and the Origins of Capitalism: A Business History Perspective (2020)

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From the 1940s to the 1970s, the commercial revolution of the Middle Ages was a historiographical concept with considerable traction. This article revisits the literature that brought about and engaged with that concept, with specific reference to Florence. In so doing, it draws attention to the place once held by business history in the study of Europe's takeoff. It also discusses the preliminary results of an ongoing project on limited partnerships in early modern Tuscany, which reaffirms the relevance of business history for understanding preindustrial economies but steers away from a teleological search for the origins of modern capitalism.

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Article Robert Fredona; Sophus A. Reinert (Spring 2020) Italy and the Origins of Capitalism. Business History Review (pp. 5-38). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Soldani, Simonetta
Caferro, William
Dooley, Brendan Maurice
Harris, Ron
Vasta, Michelangelo
Backus, Irene
Journals
Business History Review
Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte
Bruniana & Campanelliana: Ricerche Filosofiche e Materiali Storico-testuali
Atti e Memorie, Rivista di Storia della Farmacia
Publishers
Firenze University Press
University of Chicago
Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura
Macmillan Reference
Olschki
Polistampa
Concepts
Science and society
Technology
Business history
Engineering
Science and politics
Trade
People
Braudel, Fernand
Galilei, Galileo
Polo, Marco
Polyani, Karl
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
17th century
20th century
Early modern
16th century
Places
Italy
Florence (Italy)
Tuscany (Italy)
Venice (Italy)
Asia
China
Institutions
British East India Company
Dutch East India Company
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