Taming Capitalism before its Triumph. Public service, distrust, and 'projecting' in early modern England

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Author(s) Yamamoto, Koji
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2018
Pages 336pp; illus
Publisher Oxford University Press
Place Published Oxford

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Analyses the nature and activities of projecting / projectors in early modern England in the wider context of popular distrust of them and the resulting 'taming' of them and of 'incipient capitalism'. Has chapters: 'Contexts and contours'; 'Broken promises and the rise of stereotype'; 'Reformation and distrust'; 'Turning a project into reality'; 'Memories, propriety and emulation'; 'Consuming projects'; 'Conclusion - visible hands taming capitalism'