State Corporatism and Proto-Industry: The W?ttemberg Black Forest, 1580-1797 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521025843)

State Corporatism and Proto-Industry focuses on the Wﾜrttemberg worsted industry, an example of a "proto-industry" that arose in many parts of Europe preceding factory industrialization. It has been argued that these proto-industries broke down traditional society but this book suggests otherwise. With the help of the state, corporate institutions such as merchant companies and rural guilds, regulated every aspect of rural life and thus profoundly shaped early modern European economic, demographic and social development.

Author: Sheilagh C. Ogilvie
ISBN-10: 0521025842
ISBN-13: 9780521025843
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2006
Pages: 540
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d