Bibliograph

Taming capitalism before its triumph, public service, distrust, and 'projecting' in early modern England, Koji Yamamoto

Type

Label

Taming capitalism before its triumph, public service, distrust, and 'projecting' in early modern England, Koji Yamamoto

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Taming capitalism before its triumph

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

1037906571

Responsibility statement

Koji Yamamoto

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

public service, distrust, and 'projecting' in early modern England

Summary

This study examines the darker side of England's culture of economic improvement between 1640 and 1720. It is often suggested that England in this period grew strikingly confident of its prospect for unlimited growth. Indeed, merchants, inventors, and others promised to achieve immense profit and abundance. Such flowery promises were then, as now, prone to perversion, however. This volume is concerned with the taming of incipient capitalism - how a society in the past responded when promises of wealth creation went badly wrong. The notion of 'projecting' played a key role in this process. Thriving theatre, literature, and popular culture in the age of Ben Jonson began elaborating on predominantly negative images of entrepreneurs or 'projectors' as people who pursued Crown's and their own profits at the public's expense.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

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