LEADER 03761nam 2200589 450 001 9910456245503321 005 20170809175209.0 010 $a1-280-60530-8 010 $a0-19-974521-8 035 $a(CKB)2460000000005918 035 $a(EBL)472256 035 $a(OCoLC)727645642 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000297896 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12115716 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297896 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10335028 035 $a(PQKB)11671648 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472256 035 $a(EXLCZ)992460000000005918 100 $a20170105h19991999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe great wave $eprice revolutions and the rhythm of history /$fDavid Hackett Fischer 210 1$aOxford, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d1999. 210 4$dİ1999 215 $a1 online resource (997 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-505377-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE FIRST WAVE""; ""The Medieval Price Revolution""; ""The Crisis of the Fourteenth Century""; ""The Equilibrium of the Renaissance""; ""THE SECOND WAVE""; ""The Price Revolution of the Sixteenth Century""; ""The Crisis of the Seventeenth Century""; ""The Equilibrium of the Enlightenment""; ""THE THIRD WAVE""; ""The Price Revolution of the Eighteenth Century""; ""The Revolutionary Crisis""; ""The Equilibrium of the Victorian Era""; ""THE FOURTH WAVE"" 327 $a""The Price Revolution of the Twentieth Century""""The Troubles of Our Time""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""APPENDICES""; ""A. Price Revolutions in the Ancient World""; ""B. The Crisis of the Fourteenth Century: A World Movement?""; ""C. The Crisis of the Seventeenth Century: A Global Event?""; ""D. America and Europe: One Conjuncture or Two?""; ""E. Cycles and Waves""; ""F. Toward a Discrimination of Inflations""; ""G. Money of Exchange and Money of Account""; ""H. Nominal Prices and Silver Equivalents""; ""I. Returns to Capital: Interest Rates as Historical Indicators"" 327 $a""J. Returns to Labor: Real Wages and Standards of Living""""K. Measures of Wealth and Income Distribution""; ""L. Price Revolutions and Inequality""; ""M. Price Revolutions and Family Disintegration""; ""N. Price Revolutions and Personal Violence""; ""O. Economics and History""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CREDITS""; ""INDEX"" 330 $aDavid Hackett Fischer, one of our most prominent historians, has garnered a reputation for making history come alive--even stories as familiar as Paul Revere's ride, or as complicated as the assimilation of British culture in North America. Now, in The Great Wave, Fischer has done it again, marshaling an astonishing array of historical facts in lucid and compelling prose to outline a history of prices--""the history of change,"" as Fischer puts it--covering the dazzling sweep of Western history from the medieval glory of Chartres to the modern day. Going far beyond the economic data, Fischer w 606 $aPrices$xHistory 606 $aBusiness cycles$xHistory 606 $aEconomic history 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPrices$xHistory. 615 0$aBusiness cycles$xHistory. 615 0$aEconomic history. 676 $a338.5209 700 $aFischer$b David Hackett$f1935-$0889326 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456245503321 996 $aThe great wave$92101782 997 $aUNINA