The Journal of Interdisciplinary History articles from January 1999

The Journal of Interdisciplinary History archives from January 1999

Civic traditions in premodern Italy.(Patterns of Social Capital: Stability and Change in Comparative Perspective, part 1)
January 1, 1999... In the fifth chapter of Making Democracy Work, Putnam argues that the origins of civic society in modern Italy can be traced back to the age of the communes (twelfth to fifteenth centuries) in its northern and central regions. The distinctive...

The sources of civil society in Italy.(Patterns of Social Capital: Stability and Change in Comparative Perspective, part 1)
January 1, 1999... Putnam explains the successful democratic performance of regional governments in northern and central Italy since 1970, as opposed to the poor record of those in the South, as the product of an abiding tenacity of civic traditions. His analysis...

Finding social capital: the French Revolution in Italy.(Patterns of Social Capital: Stability and Change in Comparative Perspective, part 1)
January 1, 1999... [History] should be explored, not for scenes of carnage, but for instruction in the government of mankind. J. C. L. Sismondi de Sismondi, A History of the Italian Republics If social capital were sharply defined, the term would be less...

Social Capital in the Early Industrial Revolution.(Patterns of Social Capital: Stability and Change in Comparative Perspective, part 1)
January 1, 1999... "The first rule" of France's paperworkers was "to be the despotic masters of their bosses." Journeymen across early modern Europe forged associations to control hours, output, and the identity of their shopmates. Short-lived or venerable, these...

The diversity of social capital in English communities, 1300-1640.(Patterns of Social Capital: Stability and Change in Comparative Perspective, part 1)(with a glance at modern Nigeria)
January 1, 1999... Social capital was produced by many types of human interaction in the villages and market centers of later medieval and early modern England. Each of these communities contained at least a few formal organizations that performed legal,...

Social and cultural capital in colonial British America: a case study.(Patterns of Social Capital: Stability and Change in Comparative Perspective, part 1)
January 1, 1999... Social capital is a relatively new concept that political scientists and sociologists have developed to distinguish certain social resources from others, namely, financial or investment capital, physical capital in the form of fixed or movable...