Cambridge University Press Hardback English
The Capitalist Self
The Social Origins of Financial Capitalism in Early Modern England
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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.
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.