State Corporatism and Proto-Industry: The Württemberg Black Forest, 1580-1797

State Corporatism and Proto-Industry focuses on the WÜrttemberg 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
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/20/2006
Pages: 540
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780521025843

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