An Economic History of Europe

ISBN-13: 9780415356244 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 376 str.

Antonio Di Vittorio

Opis

Undoubtedly, the watershed moment in European economic history in the past 500 years was the industrial revolution. This unique book devotes equal time to the period leading up to the industrial age as to that which followed; a comprehensive sweep which will ensure it becomes the definitive textbook of European economic history for years to come.
Six international contributors have come together to assess the past half-millennium from an economic point of view, with John Davis of the University of Connecticut providing the pivotal chapter that looks at the industrial revolution itself.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: The Economy in the Fifteenth Century: Preconditions for European Expansion  1. An Integrated Economic System: Europe in the Fifteenth Century  2. Supply and Demand of Goods: Agricultural and Manufactured Goods  3. Work Organization and Techniques  4. The Expansion of Geographical and Economic Dimensions  Part 2: European Expansion in the Sixteenth Century  1. Population  2. Agriculture  3. Anticipating the New Science  4. International Exchanges  5. Finance  6. Different Roles in Europe  Part 3: European Expansion in the Seventeenth Century  I. General Trends  1. Demography: Crisis and Slow Recovery  2. Agriculture and Land Ownership  3. Cities, Manufactures, Commerce and Finance  II. New Powers: Mercantilism and the Formation of the Modern State  1. Holland  2. France  3. England: An Overall View  Part 4: The European Economies in the Eighteenth Century  1. New Perspectives on Economic Modernization and Europe's Many Paths to the Twentieth Century  2. European Economic Development in the Eighteenth Century: The Central Themes  3. Agrarian Europe 1700–1800  4. The Enigma of the Eighteenth Century: The Demographic Revolution  5. The Growth of Trade  6. Industries and Manufactures  7. The Role of the State  8. The Napoleonic Era  Part 5: The Economic Development of Europe in the Nineteenth Century  1. Growth and Transformation of the European Economy  2. Demographic Dynamics and Social Change: The Role of Agriculture  3. The Process of European Industrialization  4. The Revolution in Transport and Communications  5. International Exchanges and Monetary Systems  Part 6: The Twentieth Century, from Break with the Past to Prosperity.  The Starting Point  1. Growth and Transformation of the Economy  2. The Great Stages  3. Economic and Social Policies

O autorze

Antonio Di Vittorio is Professor of Economic History at the University of Bari in Italy and President of the Italian Association of Economics Historians.