An excellent and fascinating exploration of a relatively obscure but intriguing topic. I especially liked the way it tied in the attribution of decline of the English industrial spirit to the desire of the early capitalists to lend their respective families a more 'gentile' air. Shades of the Spanish 'hildago' mentality which laid that nation low.
An excellent and fascinating exploration of a relatively obscure but intriguing topic. I especially liked the way it tied in the attribution of decline of the English industrial spirit to the desire of the early capitalists to lend their respective families a more 'gentile' air. Shades of the Spanish 'hildago' mentality which laid that nation low.
Yes I was really interested in the subject. Alas the conclusion is inconclusive.