| Small Towns in Early Modern Europe Contributor(s): Clark, Peter (Editor), Madden (Editor), Reeder, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521464633 ISBN-13: 9780521464635 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $126.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1995 Annotation: Little has been written about the thousands of small towns which played a key role in the economic, social and cultural life of early modern Europe. This collection provides the first comparative overview of European small towns from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries, examining their position in the urban hierarchy, demographic structures, economic trends, relations with the countryside, and political and cultural developments. Case studies discuss networks in all the major European countries as well as looking at the distinctive world of small towns in the more 'peripheral' countries of Scandinavia and central Europe. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 940.2 |
| LCCN: 94010674 |
| Series: Themes in International Urban History |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.26" W x 9.25" (1.30 lbs) 332 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Small towns comprised the great majority of urban settlements in pre-industrial Europe, but very little is known about them and their economic and social world. This is the first major work in English to give a pan-European perspective on the changing role of small towns from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Chapters by leading experts in the field look at small communities from the Hungarian Plain to western Ireland, from Sweden to Spain, and the general introduction provides a broad comparative perspective. |
