18th Century British History - Georgian Era (1715-1837), 17th Century British History - General & Miscellaneous, Money - Economics, British History - Social Aspects, Great Britain - Economic History, Economic Conditions in Europe - Great Britain

The Social Life of Money in the English Past

Name: The Social Life of Money in the English Past
Author: Deborah Valenze
ISBN: 9780521617802

by Deborah Valenze

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Overview

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.

Synopsis

A study of how people understood and used money from 1630 to 1800 in England.

About the Author, Deborah Valenze

Deborah Valenze is Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University, in New York City. She is the author of The First Industrial Woman, Prophetic Sons and Daughters: Female Preaching and Popular Religion in Industrial England, and numerous scholarly articles.