Early Capitalism and its Enemies
The Wörner Family and the Weavers of Nördlingen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9621241 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher R Friedrichs (0000-0001-8425-1509, University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 265-287 |
| Publication date | 1976-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3112997 |
| OpenAlex | W2029439305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The long, slow decline of the handicraft industries in Western Europe was attended by protracted hardship and misery for the artisan classes, short-term exploitative opportunities for crass merchants to whom the old medieval communal values were outdated cant, and confusion and eventual rout for the town fathers who attempted to maintain such values in the face of ineluctable economic change. Professor Friedrichs draws these conclusions from his research on woolen cloth weavers in the German town of Nördlingen in the seventeenth century and shows how, once the old values were no longer useful, the state itself took the initiative in the eighteenth century in facilitating the conversion of handicraft industry to the modern wage-labor system
Archaeology · Capitalism · Confusion · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Face (sociological concept · German · Handicraft · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Wage · European history and politics · European Political History Analysis · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |