Research Catalog
The European guilds : an economic analysis
- Title
- The European guilds : an economic analysis / Sheilagh Ogilvie.
- Author
- Ogilvie, Sheilagh C.
- Publication
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
- ©2019
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-9810 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 645 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Guilds ruled many crafts and trades from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, and have always attracted debate and controversy. They were sometimes viewed as efficient institutions that guaranteed quality and skills. But they also excluded competitors, manipulated markets, and blocked innovations. Did the benefits of guilds outweigh their costs? Analyzing thousands of guilds that dominated European economies from 1000 to 1880, The European Guilds uses vivid examples and clear economic reasoning to answer that question. Sheilagh Ogilvie's book features the voices of honorable guild masters, underpaid journeymen, exploited apprentices, shady officials, and outraged customers, and follows the stories of the "vile encroachers"--Women, migrants, Jews, gypsies, bastards, and many others--desperate to work but hunted down by the guilds as illicit competitors. She investigates the benefits of guilds but also shines a light on their dark side. Guilds sometimes provided important services, but they also manipulated markets to profit their members. They regulated quality but prevented poor consumers from buying goods cheaply. They fostered work skills but denied apprenticeships to outsiders. They transmitted useful techniques but blocked innovations that posed a threat. Guilds existed widely not because they corrected market failures or served the common good but because they benefited two powerful groups--guild members and political elites."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- The Princeton economic history of the Western world
- Uniform Title
- Princeton economic history of the Western world.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 587-635) and index.
- Contents
- The Debate about Guilds -- Guilds and Governments -- Entry Barriers -- Market Manipulation -- Guilds and Women -- Quality Regulation -- Human Capital Investment -- Innovation -- Guilds and Growth -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-9810
- ISBN
- 9780691137544
- 0691137544
- LCCN
- 2018949304
- OCLC
- 1088728293
- Author
- Ogilvie, Sheilagh C., author.
- Title
- The European guilds : an economic analysis / Sheilagh Ogilvie.
- Publisher
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Creator/Contributor Characteristics
- Gender group: WomenNationality/regional group: BritonsOccupational/field of activity group: Economic history teachersOccupational/field of activity group: University and college faculty members
- Series
- The Princeton economic history of the Western worldPrinceton economic history of the Western world.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 587-635) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-9810