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Means and Ends

The Idea of Capital in the West, 1500-1970

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  • © 2008

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  1. Francesco Boldizzoni
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Francesco Boldizzoni
    Pages 1-7

  3. Capital as Money: The Emergence of Modernity

    • Francesco Boldizzoni
    Pages 8-24

  4. Land and Labour, 1650–1800

    • Francesco Boldizzoni
    Pages 25-39

  5. Reproduction and Transition

    • Francesco Boldizzoni
    Pages 40-64

  6. Industrial Maturity

    • Francesco Boldizzoni
    Pages 65-83

  7. The Revolt of 1867

    • Francesco Boldizzoni
    Pages 84-107

  8. The Atlantic Reaction

    • Francesco Boldizzoni
    Pages 108-125

  9. The Continent, 1870–1938

    • Francesco Boldizzoni
    Pages 126-149

  10. Keynes and After: Crisis and Continuity

    • Francesco Boldizzoni
    Pages 150-169

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 170-221
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About this book

Capital has dominated the imagination of Western society from the Industrial Revolution. Means and Ends offers the first comprehensive interpretation of the rise, evolution and crisis of this concept from the sixteenth century to the modern day. Based on a wealth of primary sources it offers an exciting study of intellectual and cultural history.

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Using exemplary figures to trace out a long and complicated history of ideas, this book admirably achieves its main goal, which is 'to put economic ideas into the context of the history of facts'. Given the scope of the endeavor and the brevity of the book, the discussion remains surprisingly accessible, clear, and concise.' - Warren Breckman, American Historical Review

About the author


FRANCESCO BOLDIZZONI is a Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge and a Research Officer at the Institute of Economic History, Bocconi University, Milan.

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