History and Economic Life: A Student's Guide to Approaching Economic and Social History Sources

ISBN-13: 9781138581234 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 254 str.

Georg Christ; Philipp R. Rossner

Opis

This book offers students a wide-ranging introduction to both quantitative and qualitative approaches to interpreting economic history sources from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century. It is an essential resource for students undertaking source analysis within the field of Economic and Social History.

Spis treści

Introduction: Why and how do we read economic history sources? Part 1: Toolbox 1 The Study of Economic History Methods and Sources 2 What do we analyse - typology of sources 3 How to read economic history sources quantitatively 4 How do we analyse sources: Source analysis – the qualitative method Part 2: Case Studies 5 Origins of Capitalism: Transcultural Trade or Pepper Travelling from India to England 6 Origins of Capitalism II: Medieval urban property markets: Thirteenth-century Coventry revisited 7 Counting cows and coins: Monitoring the economy through port records, and trade statistics in the early modern period 8 Historical account books as a source for quantitative history 9 History through objects: The Example of Coins 10 The news and numbers: A guide to using digitized newspapers 11 Monsieur le Directeur: Letters and ‘Ordinary’ Investors in Modern France