European Aristocracies and Colonial Elites: Patrimonial Management Strategies and Economic Development, 15th-18th Centuries

by Bartolomé Yun Casalilla and Paul Janssens

'Aristocracies', 'Old Regime colonial elites' - from Adam Smith to Karl Marx and beyond, scholars have discussed their role in the rise of the modern world, in economic development and capitalism. Generally speaking and with the exception of the English landlords, the verdict has been always negative. Furthermore, historians have usually viewed the Ancien r gime aristocracies and colonial elites as social groups with entirely irrational or completely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138383783
• ISBN13: 9781138383784
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"