Nouvelle édition de “Rules of exchange. French Capitalism in Comparative Perspective”

Une nouvelle édition de l’ouvrage d’Alessandro Stanziani, Rules of exchange. French Capitalism in Comparative Perspective, 18th-20th centuries ( Cambridge University Press, 2012) vient de paraître.

Présentation

The control of competition is designed, at best, to reconcile socioeconomic stability with innovation, and at worst, to keep competitors out of the market. In this respect, the nineteenth century was no more liberal than the eighteenth century. Even during the presumed liberal nineteenth century, legal regulation played a major role in the economy, and the industrial revolution was based on market institutions and organisations formed during the second half of the seventeenth century. If indeed there is a break in the history of capitalism, it should be situated at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with the irruption of mass production, consumption and the welfare state, which introduced new forms of regulation. This book provides a new intellectual, economic and legal history of capitalism from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. It analyzes the interaction between economic practices and legal constructions in France and compares the French case with other Western countries during this period, such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and Italy.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I. Building Ideal Markets: Economic and Legal Culture:
1. Economic thought and competition
2. Codes, customs and jurisdictions

Part II. Trade and Marketplace:
3. Covered markets
4. The world of shop
5. Intangible trade and the produce exchange

Part III. Market as Transaction:
6. Contracts and the quality of goods
7. Trademark, quality and reputation
8. Expertise and product specification
9. Rules of international trade
Part IV. General Rules of Competition: Speculation, Trusts and Fair Competition:
10. Hoarding and speculation
11. The law of competition and unfair competition in other ‘Western’ countries
General conclusion: market, exchange and the ideal of non-competition.


OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Hélène Frouard (3 septembre 2014). Nouvelle édition de “Rules of exchange. French Capitalism in Comparative Perspective” carnet de recherche de l'équipe ESOPP. Consulté le 22 juin 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/oiuc


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