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This book explores the history of natural resources in Continental
Europe presenting research on how resources were traded, collected
and depleted between the fifteenth and nineteenth century. It is
helpful for students of Environmental Studies and those with an
interest in Environmental History.
Natural Resources in European History pulls together several papers
from the Bellagio Conference on Natural Resources and Economic
Development which took place in 1977. Originally published in 1978,
this report focuses on papers exploring the history of natural
resources in Continental Europe presenting research on how
resources were traded, collected and depleted between the fifteenth
and nineteenth century. This title will be of interest to students
of Environmental Studies or with an interest in Environmental
History.
These essays discuss principal and much-debated issues in European
agrarian history within the context of the general economic history
of northwestern Europe. The authors endeavor to explain the
phenomena with explicit use of economic reasoning, and several of
the papers draw on fresh historical source materials. The use of
economics provides a relevance beyond the specific historical
context, at the same time making possible a broader understanding
of the reasons for the persistence, spread, and variation of
certain peasant practices and forms of organization. The topics
discussed include: the origin, persistence, and demise of the
famous open or common field system of village agricultural
organization; the development of peasant and rural industry
preceding and during the Industrial Revolution; and the
nineteenth-century adjustments of agriculture on the continent to
world competition. A foreword by William N. Parker describes the
economic and social setting to which the essays are relevant and an
afterword by Eric L. Jones relates the papers not only to
traditional concerns of economic development and European economic
history, but also to the history of the European physical and
biological environment in the past several centuries. Originally
published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
These essays discuss principal and much-debated issues in European
agrarian history within the context of the general economic history
of northwestern Europe. The authors endeavor to explain the
phenomena with explicit use of economic reasoning, and several of
the papers draw on fresh historical source materials. The use of
economics provides a relevance beyond the specific historical
context, at the same time making possible a broader understanding
of the reasons for the persistence, spread, and variation of
certain peasant practices and forms of organization. The topics
discussed include: the origin, persistence, and demise of the
famous open or common field system of village agricultural
organization; the development of peasant and rural industry
preceding and during the Industrial Revolution; and the
nineteenth-century adjustments of agriculture on the continent to
world competition. A foreword by William N. Parker describes the
economic and social setting to which the essays are relevant and an
afterword by Eric L. Jones relates the papers not only to
traditional concerns of economic development and European economic
history, but also to the history of the European physical and
biological environment in the past several centuries. Originally
published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
This volume collects Professor Parker's major writings on American
agricultural and industrial history, including some previously
unpublished essays. Taken as a whole, these essays give an account
of why and how the United States grew rich in the nineteenth
century, as well as a background against which to judge the present
position of the economy and its international position. Professor
Parker focuses on the nineteenth-century experience of the three
regions of the United States - northeast, south and midwest, and
shows wherein lay the sources of their wealth and growth into a
flourishing nation. A final chapter, looking at European
development from an American perspective, is especially timely in
view of the recent movements toward integration and democratisation
in the 'mother continent'.
This volume collects Professor Parker's major writings on American
agricultural and industrial history, including some essays not
previously published. Taken as a whole, these essays give an
account of why and how the United States grew rich in the
nineteenth century, as well as a background against which to judge
the present position of the economy and its international position.
Professor Parker focuses on the nineteenth-century experience of
the three regions of the United States--northeast, south and
midwest, and shows wherein lay the sources of their wealth and
growth into a flourishing nation. A final chapter, looking at
European development from an American perspective, is especially
timely in view of the recent movements toward integration and
democratization in the "mother continent."
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