| Before the Industrial Revolution Contributor(s): Cipolla, Carlo M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393311988 ISBN-13: 9780393311983 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1994 Annotation: During the seven hundred years before the Industrial Revolution, the stage was set for Europe's transformation from a backward agrarian society to a powerful industrialized society. An economic historian of international reputation, Carlo M. Cipolla explores the process that made this transformation possible. In so doing, he sheds light not only on the economic factors but on the culture surrounding them.The Third Edition includes substantial revisions and new material throughout the book that will secure its standing as the most useful history available of preindustrial Europe. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions - History |
| Dewey: 330.94 |
| LCCN: 94-2708 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.05 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During the seven hundred years before the Industrial Revolution, the stage was set for Europe's transformation from a backward agrarian society to a powerful industrialized society. An economic historian of international reputation, Carlo M. Cipolla explores the process that made this transformation possible. In so doing, he sheds light not only on the economic factors but on the culture surrounding them. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cipolla, Carlo M.: - Carlo M. Cipolla was the author of Before the Industrial Revolution and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He died in 2000. |