This volume considers how the work of Polanyi can contribute to our understanding of the relationship between market and society.

Focusing on England, this study reconstructs the centuries-long process of commercialization that gave birth to the modern market society. It shows how certain

Market Society provides an original and accessible review of changing conceptions of the market in modern social thought. The book considers markets as social i

Since the mid-twentieth century Albert O. Hirschman has been known for his innovative, lucid, and brilliantly argued contributions to economics, the history of

An exploration of the social structures at the heart of capitalist economies from feudal England through to the modern day.