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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784582603321

Titolo

Early modern capitalism : economic and social change in Europe 1400-1800 / / edited by Maarten Prak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001

ISBN

1-134-60442-4

1-280-14067-4

0-203-98895-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Routledge explorations in economic history ; ; 21

Altri autori (Persone)

PrakMaarten Roy <1955->

Disciplina

338.94/009

Soggetti

Capitalism - History

Europe Economic conditions

Europe Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Early modern capitalism; 2 The late medieval crisis as an 'integration crisis'; 3 The energy basis for early modern growth, 1650-1820; 4 Early modern economic growth; 5 Pre-industrial economic growth and the transition to an industrial economy; 6 International capital markets and their users, 1450-1750; 7 Labour in proto-industrialization; 8 Problems of the 'family economy'; 9 Mobilization of labour in early modern Europe; 10 Economic growth before and after the Industrial Revolution

Bibliography Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume takes stock of recent research on economic growth, as well as the development of capital and labour markets, during the centuries that preceded the Industrial Revolution. The book underlines the diversity in the economic experiences of early modern Europeans and suggests how this variety might be the foundation of a new conception of economic and social change.