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The Widening Gate - Bristol and the Atlantic Economy, 1450-1700 (Paperback, Revised)
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The Widening Gate - Bristol and the Atlantic Economy, 1450-1700 (Paperback, Revised)
Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics, 15
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From the Preface: Bristol is the city that John Cabot sailed from
and Thomas Chatterton dreamed, that Hugh Latimer preached to and
Oliver Cromwell seized, that entertained Parliaments in the Middle
Ages and rioted for Reform in the nineteenth century. Since the
Norman Conquest, it has always had an important place in English
history, experiencing events and contributing to developments that
stirred the nation. What follows is an account of its connection
with one small piece of that history, the rise of the Atlantic
economy in the early modern period and the accompanying
transformation of English economic ideas and practices. But this
book is not about economics alone. It is grounded on the belief
that we can no more abstract the economy from politics, culture,
and society than we can separate intentional human action from
thought and judgment. It also rejects the notion that the life of a
city like Bristol could ever be treated as a self-contained whole.
Instead it views such cities as social organisms living in close
relationship with their surroundings. What gives them their
structure is the set of internal codes they carry. And what enables
them to survive is their ability to adapt to or transform their
environment, which itself is always changing.
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