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R. H. Tawney believed that the subject of economic history raises
questions which touch the fundamental concerns of all thinking
people. By setting economic development firmly within the framework
of cultural and political life, he provided an alternative to the
recent fragmentation of economic history into a number of
increasingly technical specialisms. For this reason, his work has
appealed to Marxists and non-Marxists alike, and still remains
controversial. First published in 1978, the introduction by J. M.
Winter to this edition of ten of Tawney's essays affords the first
full evaluation and significance of his approach to economic
history. Among the essays included in this volume are the
indispensible studies of 'The Rise of the Gentry' and 'Harrington's
Interpretation of His Age', as well as 'The Abolition of Economic
Controls, 1918-1921', here published in full for the first time.
Other selections, such as Tawney's celebrated inaugural lecture as
Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics in
1933, 'the Study of Economic History', offer a representative
sample of the range and sweep of Tawney's historical imagination.
Taken together, these essays demonstrate the validity of Tawney's
conviction that economic historians must confront not only the
creation of wealth, but also the moral questions surrounding its
distribution.
First published in 1927, this important collection contains a
selection from the unpublished papers left by the late Professor
George Unwin, together with certain of the chapters and articles
contributed by him to books and periodicals. Part I is concerned
with 'The Study and Teaching of Economic History'. Par II, 'Essays
and Lectures on Historical Subjects', ranges over such topics as
The Mediaeval City, Commerce and Coinage in Shakespeare's England,
Indian Factories in the Eighteenth Century, and ends with a
selection of his more important reviews of books. Part III contains
six Miscellaneous Papers on varied topics and the Appendix gives an
indispensable list of the published works of George Unwin.
R. H. Tawney believed that the subject of economic history raises
questions which touch the fundamental concerns of all thinking
people. By setting economic development firmly within the framework
of cultural and political life, he provided an alternative to the
recent fragmentation of economic history into a number of
increasingly technical specialisms. First published as a collection
in 1978, these ten essays, spanning the length of Professor
Tawney's career remain as controversial and potent as ever, and the
original introduction by J. M. Winter provides the first full
evaluation and significance of R. H. Tawney's approach to economic
history. Among the essays included in this volume are the
indispensible studies of 'The Rise of the Gentry' and 'Harrington's
Interpretation of His Age', as well as 'The Abolition of Economic
Controls, 1918-1921', here published in full for the first time.
Other selections, such as Tawney's celebrated inaugural lecture as
Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics in
1933, 'the Study of Economic History', offer a representative
sample of the range and sweep of Tawney's historical imagination.
Taken together, these essays demonstrate the validity of Tawney's
conviction that economic historians must confront not only the
creation of wealth, but also the moral questions surrounding its
distribution.
First published in 1927, this important collection contains a
selection from the unpublished papers left by the late Professor
George Unwin, together with certain of the chapters and articles
contributed by him to books and periodicals. Part I is concerned
with 'The Study and Teaching of Economic History'. Par II, 'Essays
and Lectures on Historical Subjects', ranges over such topics as
The Mediaeval City, Commerce and Coinage in Shakespeare's England,
Indian Factories in the Eighteenth Century, and ends with a
selection of his more important reviews of books. Part III contains
six Miscellaneous Papers on varied topics and the Appendix gives an
indispensable list of the published works of George Unwin.
In one of the truly great classics of twentieth-century political
economy, R. H. Tawney addresses the question of how religion has
affected social and economic practices. He does this by a
relentless tracking of the influence of religious thought on
capitalist economy and ideology since the Middle Ages. In so doing
he sheds light on why Christianity continues to exert a unique role
in the marketplace. In so doing, the book offers an incisive
analysis of the historical background of present morals and mores
in Western culture.Religion and the Rise of Capitalism is even more
pertinent now than when it first was published; for today it is
clearer that the dividing line between spheres of religion and
secular business is shifting, that economic interests and ethical
considerations are no longer safely locked in separate
compartments. By examining that period which saw the transition
from medieval to modern theories of social organization, Tawney
clarifies the most pressing problems of the end of the century. In
tough, muscular, richly varied prose, he tells an absorbing and
meaningful story. And in his new introduction, which may well be a
classic in its own right, Adam Seligman details Tawney's entire
background, the current status of social science thought on these
large issues, and a comparative analysis of Tawney with Max Weber
that will at once delight and inform readers of all kinds.
In one of the truly great classics of twentieth-century
political economy, R. H. Tawney addresses the question of how
religion has affected social and economic practices. He does this
by a relentless tracking of the influence of religious thought on
capitalist economy and ideology since the Middle Ages. In so doing
he sheds light on why Christianity continues to exert a unique role
in the marketplace. In so doing, the book offers an incisive
analysis of the historical background of present morals and mores
in Western culture.
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism is even more pertinent now
than when it first was published; for today it is clearer that the
dividing line between spheres of religion and secular business is
shifting, that economic interests and ethical considerations are no
longer safely locked in separate compartments.
By examining that period which saw the transition from medieval
to modern theories of social organization, Tawney clarifies the
most pressing problems of the end of the century. In tough,
muscular, richly varied prose, he tells an absorbing and meaningful
story. And in his new introduction, which may well be a classic in
its own right, Adam Seligman details Tawney's entire background,
the current status of social science thought on these large issues,
and a comparative analysis of Tawney with Max Weber that will at
once delight and inform readers of all kinds.
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