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- Capital assumed a major role not only in economic organization but also in political life and international relations. Culturally, new values—many of them associated with the Renaissance and Reformation—diffused through Europe and changed the ways in which people acted and the perspectives by which they viewed themselves and the world.
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By the mid-18th century the operations of commerce, manufacturing, and public finance were linked in one general system; a military defeat or economic setback affecting credit in one area might undermine confidence throughout the entire investing community. History of Europe - Early Capitalism, Industrial Revolution, Enlightenment: Two broad ...
Throughout the long nineteenth century, it transformed global trade, production, and changed how people lived and worked. It even changed how individuals thought about the world, and their place in it. One reason industrialization had such a big effect was that it was tied to the economic system known as capitalism.
Modern capitalism resembles some elements of mercantilism in the early modern period between the 16th and 18th centuries. Early evidence for mercantilist practices appears in early modern Venice, Genoa, and Pisa over the Mediterranean trade in bullion. The region of mercantilism's real birth, however, was the Atlantic Ocean.
Chapter. Information. Transitions to Capitalism in Early Modern Europe. Economies in the Era of Early Globalization, c. 1450 – c. 1820. , pp. 179 - 348. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108278072.019. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Print publication year: 2019. Access options.
- Robert S. DuPlessis
- 2019
The major fact we document is that the differential growth of Western Europe dur-ing the 16th, 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries is almost entirely accounted for by the differential growth of nations with access to the Atlantic and of Atlantic traders.
Transitions To Capitalism In Early Modern Europe: Economies In The Era Of Early Globalization, c. 1450 – c. 1820. Robert S. DuPlessis. Swarthmore College, rduples1@swarthmore.edu. Follow this and additional works at: https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-history. Part of the History Commons. Let us know how access to these works benefits you.
