Consumption, Social Capital, and the “Industrious Revolution” in Early Modern Germany
利用中欧历史证据，研究消费革命与勤劳革命是否发生在北大西洋经济体之外，以及传统制度的社会资本如何通过限制妇女、移民和穷人的新工作与消费实践来影响这一进程。
This study uses evidence from central Europe to address open questions about the Consumer and Industrious Revolutions. Did they happen outside the North Atlantic economies? Were they shaped by the “social capital” of traditional institutions? How were they affected by social constraints on women? It finds that people in central Europe did desire to increase market work and consumption. But elites used the social capital of traditional institutions to oppose new work and consumption practices, especially by women, migrants, and the poor. Although they seldom blocked new practices wholly, they delayed them, limited them socially, and increased their costs.