Family Firms and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe - Thomas Max Safley

Family Firms and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe

The Business, Bankruptcy and Resilience of the Höchstetters of Augsburg
Buch | Softcover
300 Seiten
2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-08472-5 (ISBN)
49,85 inkl. MwSt
This fascinating study follows the fortunes of the Höchstetter family, merchant-manufacturers and financiers of Augsburg, Germany in the late-fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, and sheds light on the economic and social history of failure and resilience in early modern Europe.
This fascinating study follows the fortunes of the Höchstetter family, merchant-manufacturers and financiers of Augsburg, Germany, in the late-fifteenth and early-sixteenth centuries, and sheds light on the economic and social history of failure and resilience in early modern Europe. Carefully tracing the chronology of the family’s rise, fall and transformation, it moves from the micro- to the macro-level, making comparisons with other mercantile families of the time to draw conclusions and suggest insights into such issues as social mobility, capitalist organization, business techniques, market practices and economic institutions. The result is a microhistory that offers macro-conclusions about the lived experience of early capitalism and capitalistic practices.



This book will be valuable reading for advanced students and researchers of economic, financial and business history, legal history and early modern European history.

Thomas Max Safley is Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

List of Figures. List of Maps. Note on Money. Note on Translations. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Family Firms Considered: “Ambrosius and Hans, the Brothers Höchstetter and Associates”. 2. Capitalistic Practices: The Höchstetter Brassworks at Pflach. 3. Crisis and Insolvency: Information Management by and about the Höchstetters. 4. Bankruptcy: Local Institutions and their Consequences 5. Bankruptcy: Financial Markets and Credit Networks. 6. Ruin and Recovery: The Question of Resilience and the Höchstetter “Family Firm”. Conclusion. Appendix 1: Rising Höchstetter Fortunes. Appendix 2: Höchstetter Creditors. Bibliography. Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Explorations in Economic History
Zusatzinfo 16 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 426 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Finanzierung
Betriebswirtschaft / Management Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre Bankbetriebslehre
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Unternehmensführung / Management
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10 1-032-08472-3 / 1032084723
ISBN-13 978-1-032-08472-5 / 9781032084725
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