The Social life of money in the English past
By: Deborah Valenze.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Money -- Social aspects -- England -- History -- 18th century; Money -- Social aspects -- England -- History -- 17th century; England -- Economic conditions -- 18th century; England -- Economic conditions -- 17th century; England -- Social conditions -- 18th century; England -- Social conditions -- 17th century
Description: "In an age when authoritative definitions of currency were in flux and small change was scarce, money enjoyed a rich and complex social life. Deborah Valenze shows how money became involved in relations between people in ways that moved beyond what we understand as its purely economic functions. This highly original investigation covers the formative period of commercial and financial development in England between 1630 and 1800. In a series of interwoven essays, Valenze examines religious prohibitions related to avarice, early theories of political economy, an experimental workhouse banning money, and exchange practices of the Atlantic economy."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.