mercantile capitalism — See capitalism … Dictionary of sociology
capitalism — A system of wage labour and commodity production for sale, exchange, and profit, rather than for the immediate need of the producers. Plentiful examples of capitalism in the pre modern era exist but, typically, capitalist exchanges were… … Dictionary of sociology
Capitalism in the nineteenth century — Capitalism arose in western Europe during the industrial revolution. During the 19th century, capitalism allowed great increases in productivity, whilst triggering great social changes. The Industrial Revolution Towards the end of the 18th… … Wikipedia
Merchant capitalism — This article is distinct from the 17th Century development, the Commercial Revolution. Merchant capitalism is a term used by economic historians to refer to the earliest phase in the development of capitalism as an economic and social system.… … Wikipedia
Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… … Universalium
Early modern period — Not to be confused with Early modern Europe. Waldseemüller map with joint sheets, 1507 Human history This box … Wikipedia
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NEW MEXICO — NEW MEXICO, a southwestern state of the U.S. with a minimally estimated Jewish population of 11,500 in the year 2001. Albuquerque, the largest city in the state, held about 7,500 in that year. In 2005, other significant Jewish numbers resided in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Depression, Economic — Since the 1940s many economic historians have contended that the older economic history of late medieval Europe, which explained the new culture of the Renaissance as a byproduct of a prospering urban capitalism centered in northern Italy, was … Historical Dictionary of Renaissance
Raymond de Roover — (* 1904; † 1972), mit vollständigem Namen Raymond Adrien de Roover, befasste sich mit dem ökonomischen Denken des Spätmittelalters und den daraus abgeleiteten Wirtschafts und Handelstechniken, wie etwa dem Wechsel oder dem Kredit, aber auch den… … Deutsch Wikipedia