TY - BOOK N2 - For a long time guilds have been condemned as a major obstacle to economic progress in the pre-industrial era. This re-examination of the role of guilds in the early modern European economy challenges that view by taking into account recent research on innovation, technological change and entrepreneurship. AB - For a long time guilds have been condemned as a major obstacle to economic progress in the pre-industrial era. This re-examination of the role of guilds in the early modern European economy challenges that view by taking into account recent research on innovation, technological change and entrepreneurship. T1 - Guilds, innovation, and the European economy, 1400-1800 / AU - Epstein, Stephan R., AU - Epstein, Stephan R., AU - Prak, Maarten, CN - HD6473.E85 ID - 24442 KW - Guilds KW - Gremios KW - Industrialization KW - Industrialisation KW - Corporations SN - 9780521887175 TI - Guilds, innovation, and the European economy, 1400-1800 / LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007039063-b.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007039063-d.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007039063-t.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007039063-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007039063-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007039063-t.html ER -