£25.95 September 1996 | Paperback (Hardback) | 538 pages | ISBN: 0521564786 In stock
Scholars have only recently begun to appreciate the extent to which the norms and practices that foster market societies have been shifting and conflict-ridden. Not only has the ‘market’ been perceived and represented differently in different epochs; it has also been experienced differently, brought into being within dissimilar political and social settings, and given rise to new and various forms of intellectual and imaginative activity. The thirteen essays collected in this volume belong to a new historical endeavor deriving from the recognition that the experiences and feelings engendered by the historical development of market societies have been, and still remain, open to a broad range of interpretations. They share, too, the characteristic accents of a new approach to cultural history, in which careful examination of actions, texts, and artifacts is accompanied by an open-mindedness about what their examination reveals.
Contributors
Thomas L. Haskell, Richard F. Teichgraeber III, Jonathan Dewald, Chandra Mukerji, Margaret C. Jacob, Martin J. Wiener, Joyce Appleby, Richard B. Latner, Jean-Christophe Agnew, Marilyn R. Brown, William M. Reddy, Howard Brick, Wilfred M. McClay
Contents
Introduction Thomas L. Haskell and Richard F. Teichgraeber III; Part I. Market Regimes Old and New: 1. The ruling class in the marketplace Jonathan Dewald; 2. Territorial gardens Chandra Mukerji; 3. Money, equality, fraternity Margaret C. Jacob; 4. Market culture, reckless passion, and the Victorian reconstruction of punishment Martin J. Wiener; Part II. Personality and Authority in the Age of Capital: 5. New cultural heroes in the early national period Joyce Appleby; 6. Preserving the national equality of rank and influence Richard B. Latner; 7. Banking on language Jean-Christophe Agnew; Part III. The Lens of ‘High’ Culture: 8. An entrepreneur in spite of himself Marilyn R. Brown; 9. ‘A Yankee Diogenes’ Richard F. Teichgraeber III; 10. Need and honor in Balzac’s Père Goriot William M. Reddy; Part III. Agency and Structure: 11. The reformist dimension of Talcott Parsons’s early social theory Howard Brick; 12. The strange career of The Lonely Crowd Wilfred M. McClay; 13. Persons as uncaused causes Thomas L. Haskell
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