This book argues that a business culture based on embedded socio-cultural norms was an important element in the success of the British-Atlantic economy 1750-1815.
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Embarquez pour un voyage à travers le XVIIIe siècle tumultueux, une époque définie par les idéaux des Lumières, les bouleversements sociaux et l'aube de la révolution. Cette série explore en profondeur la vie d'individus issus de tous les horizons sociaux, de la brillante aristocratie au peuple ordinaire, en examinant comment leurs choix ont façonné le monde moderne. Chaque volume offre une exploration riche des machinations politiques, des arts florissants et des courants philosophiques qui ont caractérisé cette période charnière. C'est une plongée immersive dans une histoire qui continue de résonner.
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"This book is concerned with the eighteenth-century typographer, printer, industrialist and Enlightenment figure, John Baskerville (1707-75). Baskerville was a Birmingham inventor, entrepreneur and artist with a worldwide reputation who made eighteenth-century Birmingham a city without typographic equal, by changing the course of type design. Baskerville not only designed one of the world's most historically important typefaces, he also experimented with casting and setting type, improved the construction of the printing press, developed a new kind of paper and refined the quality of printing inks. His typographic experiments put him ahead of his time, had an international impact and did much to enhance the printing and publishing industries of his day. Yet despite his importance, fame and influence many aspects of Baskerville's work and life remain unexplored and his contribution to the arts, industry, culture and society of the Enlightenment are largely unrecognized."-- Provided by publisher