Dossier · about 6,000 words

Sworn Craft: How Europe's Guilds Ran the Economy, 1100–1800

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Ten chapters on what a guild actually was, why merchant guilds are a different animal, what Lucca and Murano did with a trade secret, how the crafts took over Cologne and Florence, what happened in the cities that banned them, and why two centuries of economists have failed to agree about any of it.

What you get

• Ten chapters, an introduction and a conclusion — written as one argument, not assembled from articles
• A4 and US Letter PDFs, plus a mobile edition on a page sized for a phone screen
• The map plate included at the back
• Chronology, glossary, bibliography, and a note on evidence that explains why nothing in it is quoted

For: Readers who want the whole institution in one sitting, and teachers who want the background behind the classroom pack.

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