European Proto-Industrialization

出版者:Cambridge University Press

作者:Ogilvie, Sheilagh; Cerman, Markus;

页数:288

出版时间:1996-2-23

价格:GBP 63.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780521497381

图书标签:经济史欧洲工业化

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.