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The soul of commerce: Credit and the politics of public debt in Leipzig, 1680-1831.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The soul of commerce: Credit and the politics of public debt in Leipzig, 1680-1831./
Author:	Beachy, Robert.
Description:	436 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 59-07, Section: A, page: 2675.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International59-07A.
Subject:	European history. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9841487
ISBN:	9780591956740

The soul of commerce: Credit and the politics of public debt in Leipzig, 1680-1831.
Beachy, Robert.

The soul of commerce: Credit and the politics of public debt in Leipzig, 1680-1831. - 436 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 59-07, Section: A, page: 2675.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Chicago, 1998.

This dissertation addresses how trade shaped society and politics in 18th century Leipzig and how this commercial tradition influenced processes of liberal reform in 19th century Saxony. Chapter 1 orients the reader to the historical background of early modern Leipzig within Electoral Saxony. Together the University charter granted by the Pope in 1409 and the Imperial trade fair privileges bestowed in 1497 established the city's international profile as an academic and commercial center. Chapter 2 examines the development of the Leipzig trade fairs in the 18th century and the growing significance of long-distance commerce for the economic welfare and political strength of the city regime. After organizing an association of wholesale traders in 1681, Leipzig's merchants drafted new legislation and introduced a city commercial court to regulate international business transactions. These reforms restored Saxon trade after the Thirty Years' War and formed the legal framework that regulated commerce into the 19th century. Chapter 3 outlines the family networks of the 209 merchant and jurist councilors who held city office in Leipzig from 1680 to 1830. Mercantile credit constituted the central axis of municipal politics in Leipzig, and the reputation of the city's trade fairs rested on the political independence of the ruling regime. The family structures of Leipzig's merchant and jurist communities undergirded the city's civic identity and thwarted the objectives of Saxon absolutism. Chapter 4 charts the growth of Leipzig's associational culture, which was closely allied with the expansion of 18th century commerce. This club culture constituted a new social authority based on the values of the liberal professions and the merchant community. Chapters 5 and 6 examine the transformation of public life in the early 19th century and the introduction of the first liberal reforms in Saxony. Leipzig struggled to support the financial strains of French military occupation by tendering a municipal bond in 1806. Merchant and artisanal groups chafed under heavy tax burdens and introduced reform initiatives for the next twenty years. Following city riots in 1830, the Leipzig Council resigned, providing the catalyst for state-wide political reforms and the introduction of a constitutional monarchy in Saxony.

ISBN: 9780591956740Subjects--Topical Terms:

1972904
European history.

The soul of commerce: Credit and the politics of public debt in Leipzig, 1680-1831.
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