Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis, 1600-1750

Name: Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis, 1600-1750
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ISBN: 9780521290500

ISBN-10: 0521290503

ISBN-13: 9780521290500

Edition: 1976

Authors: Jan de Vries

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By relating economic changes to the political backdrop, The Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis, 1600-1750 describes and analyzes the economic civilisation of Europe in the last epoch before the Industrial Revolution. The author makes a special effort to apply economic reasoning to the economic forces of the period and challenges some longstanding opinions about what was and was not important in explaining economic performance. The significance of this study rests in its identification of the ways a 'traditional' society developed its economy despite the absence of the obvious growth factors of the nineteenth century. The approach is consciously comparative: problems of interpretation are…

Book details

List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 1976
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/29/1976
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.39" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface



The age of crisis



The agrarian economies on divergent paths



Restructuring industry



The dynamism of trade



Urbanization and regional trade



Capitalism creating its own demand



Capital accumulation and the bourgeoisie



Mercantilism, absolutism, and economic growth


Notes


Index