| Town and Country in Europe, 1300 1800 Contributor(s): Epstein, S. R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521633419 ISBN-13: 9780521633413 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $146.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 307.730 |
| LCCN: 00063012 |
| Series: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6" W x 9" (1.52 lbs) 356 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers the first survey of relations between town and country across Europe between the Black Death and the Enlightenment. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters give comprehensive coverage, from Spain to Sweden, and from the Polish Commonwealth to the Netherlands and Italy. Each chapter analyzes its country in the light of recent debates on state formation, urbanization, protoindustrialization, and the regional character of premodern economic growth. The Introduction discusses the historiographical and theoretical framework for systematic comparison, emphasizing how alternative political configurations could set countries on different paths to growth. |
Contributor Bio(s): Epstein, S. R.: - S. R. Epstein is Reader in Economic History at the London School of Economics. |
