Download or read book The Soul of Commerce: Credit, Property, and Politics in Leipzig, 1750-1840 written by Robert Beachy and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a detailed account of Leipzig’s social and political history from 1750-1840 and then argues persuasively that the city played a catalytic role in the introduction of a Saxon constitutional monarchy after 1830.