People, cities and wealth : the transformation of traditional society

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People, cities and wealth : the transformation of traditional society

E.A. Wrigley

Blackwell, 1987

  • : pbk

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注記

Bibliography: p. 322-335

Includes index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780631139911

内容説明

Dissatisfied with existing explanations and mistrustful of the label "Industrial Revolution", the author integrates economic, social and demographic interpretations of major events in early modern Europe. The essays in this book discuss the process of modernization, London's importance in changing English society and economy, the extraordinary rate of urban growth and agricultural change, population growth and family limitation in pre-industrial England, the fall of marital fertility in 19th-century France, and the role and influence of the classical economists.

目次

  • 1. What was the Industrial Revolution?
  • Part I The background to the Industrial Revolution
  • 2. The classical economists and the Industrial Revolution
  • 3. The process of modernization and the Industrial Revolution in England
  • 4. The supply of raw materials in the Industrial Revolution
  • 5. Some reflections on corn yields and prices in pre-industrial economies
  • Part II Urban growth
  • 6. A simple model of London's importance in changing English society and economy, 1650-1750
  • 7. Urban growth and agricultural change: England and the continent in the early modern period
  • Part III Population: marriage and reproduction
  • 8. Fertility strategy for the individual and the group
  • 9. The growth of population in 18th-century England: a conundrum resolved
  • 10. Family limitation in pre-industrial England
  • 11. The fall of marital fertility in 19th-century France: exemplar of exception?.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780631165569

内容説明

Dissatisfied with existing explanations and mistrustful of the label "Industrial Revolution", the author integrates economic, social and demographic interpretations of major events in early modern Europe to propose new models of change. The essays in this book discuss the process of modernization, London's importance in changing English society and economy, the extraordinary rate of urban growth and agricultural change, population growth and family limitation in pre-industrial England, the fall of marital fertility in 19th-century France, and the role and influence of the classical economists.

目次

  • 1. What was the Industrial Revolution?
  • Part I The background to the industrial revolution
  • 2. The classical economists and the Industrial Revolution
  • 3. The process of modernization and the Industrial Revolution in England
  • 4. The supply of raw materials in the Industrial Revolution
  • 5. Some reflections on corn yields and prices in pre-industrial economies
  • Part II Urban growth
  • 6. A simple model of London's importance in changing English society and economy, 1650-1750
  • 7. Urban growth and agricultural change: England and the continent in the early modern period
  • Part III Population: marriage and reproduction
  • 8. Fertility strategy for the individual and the group
  • 9. The growth of population in 18th-century England: a conundrum resolved
  • 10. Family limitation in pre-industrial England
  • 11. The fall of marital fertility in 19th-century France: exemplar of exception?.

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