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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463038003321

Autore

Milward Alan S.

Titolo

The economic development of continental Europe 1780-1870 / / Alan S. Milward and S. B. Saul

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

0-203-80230-6

1-136-62589-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (552 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Altri autori (Persone)

SaulS. B

Disciplina

330.94028

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Europe Economic conditions 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Second edition published in 1979 by George Allen and Unwin Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The European economy in the late eighteenth century -- 2. Population growth and migration -- 3. Technological change -- 4. The French revolution and the continental system -- 5. The economic development of France 1815-70 -- 6. The economic development of Germany 1815-70 -- 7. The economic development of Belgium and Switzerland in the early nineteenth century -- 8. The economic development of Scandinavia.

Sommario/riassunto

Upon its initial publication in 1973 this was the first textbook to present a unified view and comprehensive treatment of the economic development of Europe from a continental rather than a British perspective. At the same time, it is more than mere textbook: it is an interpretive analysis of a wide range of research on the subject in many countries which explores the objective validity of earlier theories and provides an ideal starting point for further research into economic development and European history.The work deals mainly with Western Europe, but in principally studying both