Francesca Carnevali
Biographic Data
| ID | 1049120 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesca Carnevali |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesca |
| FAMILY NAME | Carnevali |
| SIGNATURE | CARNEVALI F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Th Century Britain
Written by leading international scholars, Twentieth Century Britain investigates key moments, themes and identities in the past century. Engaging with cutting-edge research and debate, the essays in the volume combine discussion of the major issues currently preoccupying historians of the twentieth century with clear guidance on new directions in the theories and methodologies of modern British social, cultural and economic history. Divided into…
Pianos for the People
During the second half of the nineteenth century, British society experienced a rise in real incomes and a change in its composition, with the expansion of the middle classes. These two factors led to a consumer revolution, with a growing, but still segmented, demand for household goods that could express status and aspiration. At the same time technological changes and new ways of marketing and selling goods made these goods more affordable. Thi…
Business history
Social capital and trade associations in America, c. 1860-1914
This microhistory explores the activities of one of the many trade associations created in the nineteenth century in the US. Qualitative evidence is used to engage with the concepts of competition, cooperation, and social capital. This article explores the reasons why cooperation emerged between competing economic agents, as an intended outcome of associational activity. It is argued that trade associations are forms of voluntary association cons…
Fashioning Luxury for Factory Girls
The production of jewelry offers a lens through which to examine the nature of creativity in a capitalist economy. The fashioning of decorative goods for wider sections of society in the second half of the nineteenth century allowed manufacturers to expand the size of their businesses, but only by sustaining strong connections with consumers and keeping track of buyers' changing desires. The outcomes of decisions affecting their enterprises were …
Good money. Birmingham button makers, the Royal Mint and the beginnings of modern coinage, 1775–1821
Good money. Birmingham button makers, the Royal Mint and the beginnings of modern coinage, 1775–1821, by George Selgin, Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 2008, 390 pp., £37.95 (hardback)
Luxury for the masses
Cet article débute par une analyse des changements dans la perception de ce qui constitue un produit de luxe du XVII e au XIX e siècle. Il se poursuit par une explication de la relation entretenue par Londres et Birmingham en rapport avec la production de bijoux. Nous montrons comment les sentiments identitaires des deux cités ont influencé le changement de nature des bijoux, d’objet symbolisant un statut privilégié à produit de grande consommati…
Crooks, thieves, and receivers
The existence of cooperation and trust between competing economic agents is taken for granted by much of the literature on industrial districts. This article explores the structure of the Birmingham jewellery-making district and the problems created by the opportunistic behaviour of many of its members. Archival sources show that the district was plagued by endemic dishonesty and that proximity did not generate trust and cooperation. The absence …
Golden Opportunities
Narratives of flexible specialization as an alternative to mass production are largely absent from the industrial history of twentieth-century Britain. In this article, I challenge the notion that we should relegate small firms and industrial districts to a marginal place in the historiography of this period. Drawing from a range of sources, I explore the history of Birmingham's jewelry makers to show how they adapted the traditional productive s…
State Enterprise and Italy's ‘Economic Miracle’
The Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (Eni) was one of Italy’s most important state-owned enterprises, a key actor in the country’s transformation from a primarily agrarian to an essentially industrial nation after the Second World War. This article focuses on the history of Eni from its inception in 1953 to the death of its founder, Enrico Mattei, in 1962; it details how, in the context of Italy’s ‘economic miracle’, Eni played an important role both a…
A Review of Italian Business History from 1991 to 1997
(1998). A Review of Italian Business History from 1991 to 1997. Business History: Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 80-94
Between Markets and Networks
This article examines the methods by which Italian regional banks reduce information asymmetries. It argues that local banks gain information about prospective and existing customers through both formal and informal channels. Informal information is provided by other institutions that operate, together with the bank, within local economic networks. The relations between agents within the network are understood in their historical context and thei…
International Monetary Systems in Historical Perspective
Crooks, thieves, and receivers
The existence of cooperation and trust between competing economic agents is taken for granted by much of the literature on industrial districts. This article explores the structure of the Birmingham jewellery-making district and the problems created by the opportunistic behaviour of many of its members. Archival sources show that the district was plagued by endemic dishonesty and that proximity did not generate trust and cooperation. The absence …
Golden Opportunities
Narratives of flexible specialization as an alternative to mass production are largely absent from the industrial history of twentieth-century Britain. In this article, I challenge the notion that we should relegate small firms and industrial districts to a marginal place in the historiography of this period. Drawing from a range of sources, I explore the history of Birmingham's jewelry makers to show how they adapted the traditional productive s…
Pianos for the People
During the second half of the nineteenth century, British society experienced a rise in real incomes and a change in its composition, with the expansion of the middle classes. These two factors led to a consumer revolution, with a growing, but still segmented, demand for household goods that could express status and aspiration. At the same time technological changes and new ways of marketing and selling goods made these goods more affordable. Thi…
Luxury for the masses
Cet article débute par une analyse des changements dans la perception de ce qui constitue un produit de luxe du XVII e au XIX e siècle. Il se poursuit par une explication de la relation entretenue par Londres et Birmingham en rapport avec la production de bijoux. Nous montrons comment les sentiments identitaires des deux cités ont influencé le changement de nature des bijoux, d’objet symbolisant un statut privilégié à produit de grande consommati…
State Enterprise and Italy's ‘Economic Miracle’
The Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (Eni) was one of Italy’s most important state-owned enterprises, a key actor in the country’s transformation from a primarily agrarian to an essentially industrial nation after the Second World War. This article focuses on the history of Eni from its inception in 1953 to the death of its founder, Enrico Mattei, in 1962; it details how, in the context of Italy’s ‘economic miracle’, Eni played an important role both a…
Between Markets and Networks
This article examines the methods by which Italian regional banks reduce information asymmetries. It argues that local banks gain information about prospective and existing customers through both formal and informal channels. Informal information is provided by other institutions that operate, together with the bank, within local economic networks. The relations between agents within the network are understood in their historical context and thei…
Fashioning Luxury for Factory Girls
The production of jewelry offers a lens through which to examine the nature of creativity in a capitalist economy. The fashioning of decorative goods for wider sections of society in the second half of the nineteenth century allowed manufacturers to expand the size of their businesses, but only by sustaining strong connections with consumers and keeping track of buyers' changing desires. The outcomes of decisions affecting their enterprises were …
Between Markets and Networks
This article examines the methods by which Italian regional banks reduce information asymmetries. It argues that local banks gain information about prospective and existing customers through both formal and informal channels. Informal information is provided by other institutions that operate, together with the bank, within local economic networks. The relations between agents within the network are understood in their historical context and thei…
International Monetary Systems in Historical Perspective
A Review of Italian Business History from 1991 to 1997
(1998). A Review of Italian Business History from 1991 to 1997. Business History: Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 80-94
State Enterprise and Italy's ‘Economic Miracle’
The Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (Eni) was one of Italy’s most important state-owned enterprises, a key actor in the country’s transformation from a primarily agrarian to an essentially industrial nation after the Second World War. This article focuses on the history of Eni from its inception in 1953 to the death of its founder, Enrico Mattei, in 1962; it details how, in the context of Italy’s ‘economic miracle’, Eni played an important role both a…
Golden Opportunities
Narratives of flexible specialization as an alternative to mass production are largely absent from the industrial history of twentieth-century Britain. In this article, I challenge the notion that we should relegate small firms and industrial districts to a marginal place in the historiography of this period. Drawing from a range of sources, I explore the history of Birmingham's jewelry makers to show how they adapted the traditional productive s…
Crooks, thieves, and receivers
The existence of cooperation and trust between competing economic agents is taken for granted by much of the literature on industrial districts. This article explores the structure of the Birmingham jewellery-making district and the problems created by the opportunistic behaviour of many of its members. Archival sources show that the district was plagued by endemic dishonesty and that proximity did not generate trust and cooperation. The absence …
Luxury for the masses
Cet article débute par une analyse des changements dans la perception de ce qui constitue un produit de luxe du XVII e au XIX e siècle. Il se poursuit par une explication de la relation entretenue par Londres et Birmingham en rapport avec la production de bijoux. Nous montrons comment les sentiments identitaires des deux cités ont influencé le changement de nature des bijoux, d’objet symbolisant un statut privilégié à produit de grande consommati…
Good money. Birmingham button makers, the Royal Mint and the beginnings of modern coinage, 1775–1821
Good money. Birmingham button makers, the Royal Mint and the beginnings of modern coinage, 1775–1821, by George Selgin, Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 2008, 390 pp., £37.95 (hardback)
Social capital and trade associations in America, c. 1860-1914
This microhistory explores the activities of one of the many trade associations created in the nineteenth century in the US. Qualitative evidence is used to engage with the concepts of competition, cooperation, and social capital. This article explores the reasons why cooperation emerged between competing economic agents, as an intended outcome of associational activity. It is argued that trade associations are forms of voluntary association cons…
Fashioning Luxury for Factory Girls
The production of jewelry offers a lens through which to examine the nature of creativity in a capitalist economy. The fashioning of decorative goods for wider sections of society in the second half of the nineteenth century allowed manufacturers to expand the size of their businesses, but only by sustaining strong connections with consumers and keeping track of buyers' changing desires. The outcomes of decisions affecting their enterprises were …
Pianos for the People
During the second half of the nineteenth century, British society experienced a rise in real incomes and a change in its composition, with the expansion of the middle classes. These two factors led to a consumer revolution, with a growing, but still segmented, demand for household goods that could express status and aspiration. At the same time technological changes and new ways of marketing and selling goods made these goods more affordable. Thi…
Business history
Th Century Britain
Written by leading international scholars, Twentieth Century Britain investigates key moments, themes and identities in the past century. Engaging with cutting-edge research and debate, the essays in the volume combine discussion of the major issues currently preoccupying historians of the twentieth century with clear guidance on new directions in the theories and methodologies of modern British social, cultural and economic history. Divided into…
Economics (8 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Economic history (5 works) · Market economy (5 works) · History (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Art History and Market Analysis (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)