02942oam 2200625I 450 991081665410332120240131151209.01-135-03241-60-203-70948-91-135-03242-41-299-28799-910.4324/9780203709481 (CKB)2560000000099873(EBL)1144553(OCoLC)831119455(SSID)ssj0000905790(PQKBManifestationID)11506507(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000905790(PQKBWorkID)10927409(PQKB)11618581(MiAaPQ)EBC1144553(Au-PeEL)EBL1144553(CaPaEBR)ebr10670557(CaONFJC)MIL460049(OCoLC)830323447(FINmELB)ELB132781(EXLCZ)99256000000009987320180706e20061970 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe economic decline of empires /edited by Carlo M. CipollaOxon [England] :Routledge,2006.1 online resource (294 p.)Routledge library editions. Economic historyFirst issued in paperback 2010.First published in 1970 by Methuen.0-415-61288-8 0-415-37927-X Includes bibliographical references.Cover; THE ECONOMIC DECLINE OF EMPIRES; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Editor's Introduction; ONE The Economic Problems of the Roman Empire at the Time of its Decline; TWO Manpower and the Fall of Rome; THREE The Economic Decay of Byzantium; FOUR The Arabs in Eclipse; FIVE The Decline of Spain in the Seventeenth Century; SIX The Decline of Spain; SEVEN The Economic Decline of Italy; EIGHT Some Reflections on the Decline of the Ottoman Empire; NINE The Dutch Economic Decline; TEN Economic and Institutional Factors in the Decline of the Chinese Empire; Appendix; BibliographyThe question of why empires decline and fall has attracted the attention of historians for centuries, but remains fundamentally unsolved. This unique collection is concerned with the purely economic aspects of decline. It can be observed of empires in the process of decline that their economies are generally faltering. Here the similarities in different cases of economic decline are identified, bearing in mind that individual histories are characterized by important elements of originality.In his introduction, Professor Cipolla points out that improvements in standards of living brouEconomic historyEconomic history.330.9Cipolla Carlo M300049MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816654103321The economic decline of empires4029016UNINA