European Proto-Industrialization - An Introductory Handbook (Hardcover, Revised)

This collection of essays provides an introduction to 'proto-industrialization': the growth of export-oriented domestic industries which took place all over Europe between about 1500 and 1800. Often these industries expanded alongside agriculture, without advanced technology or centralised factories. Since the 1970s numerous theories have been proposed, arguing that proto-industrialization transformed demographic behaviour, social structure and traditional institutions, and was a major cause of capitalism and factory industrialisation. European Proto-Industrialization summarises the theories and criticisms, and includes chapters written by experts on different European countries. It provides an essential guide to an important, yet often confusing, field of economic and social history.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 1996
First published:	1996
Editors:	Sheilagh Ogilvie • Markus Cerman (Associate Professor of Economic and Social History)
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-49738-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Promotions
LSN:	0-521-49738-8
Barcode:	9780521497381

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