The Perspective of the World: Civilization & Capitalism, 15th - 18th Century Volume 3 - Hardcover

Book 3 of 3: Perspective of the World

Braudel, Fernand

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9780060153175: The Perspective of the World: Civilization & Capitalism, 15th - 18th Century Volume 3

Synopsis

The concluding volume of the trilogy charts the growth of the world economy from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century concentrating on the human activity that underlies the business of life - the bustle of the market, the great manipulators of capital, the labour of the slave, the peasant and factory workers, the fashions of the rich and the rise of the great financial centres of Genoa, Venice, Amsterdam and London.

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