3rd Edition
Before the Industrial Revolution European Society and Economy 1000-1700
By Carlo M. Cipolla
Copyright 1993
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1993. In this classic textbook, Cipolla explores the slow but complex process of development that transformed Europe from its relatively weak position in AD 1000 into the highly dynamic and powerful society of 1700. The book is: * Interdisciplinary - blending the economist's and the historian's approach * Full of sources and commentary derived not only from social and... Read more
Part One A Static Approximation 1. Demand 2. The Factors of Production 3. Productivity and Production Part Two Toward a Dynamic Description 4. The Urban Revolution: The Communes 5. Population: Trends and Plagues 6. Technology 7. Enterprise, Credit, and Money 8. Production, Incomes and Consumption: 1000-1500 9. The Emergence of the Modern Age 10. The Changing Balance of Economic Power in Europe
Biography
Carlo M. Cipolla
'A wide-ranging approach to historical problems and ideas that both stimulates and illuminates.' - Times Literary Supplement
