Title & Author:

Towns in societies : essays in economic history and historical sociology / edited by Philip Abrams, E.A. Wrigley.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1978.

Description:

viii, 344 pages ; 23 cm

Series:

'Past and present' publications

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-340) and index.
Towns and economic growth: some theories and problems / Philip Abrams -- Economic growth and towns in classical antiquity / Keith Hopkins -- Chinese cities since the Sung Dynasty / Mark Elvin -- The origins of the medieval town patriciate / A.B. Hibbert -- Urban growth and family structure in medieval Genoa / Diane Owen Hughes -- The distribution of wealth in a renaissance community: Florence / David Herlihy -- Urban decay in late medieval England / Charles Phythian-Adams -- Capitalism, mobility and class formation in the early modern German city / Christopher R. Friedrichs -- A simple model of London's importance in changing English society and economy 1650-1750 / E.A. Wrigley -- Towns and economic growth in eighteenth-century England / M.J. Daunton -- Aspects of urbanization and economic development in Germany 1815-1914 / J.J. Lee -- Parasite or stimulus: the town in a pre-industrial economy / E.A. Wrigley.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0521218268
9780521218269
0521295947 (pbk.)
9780521295949 (pbk.)

Subject:

Urban economics.
Cities and towns.
Cities history
Urbanization history
Cities
Économie urbaine.
Villes.
cities.
Steden.
Stedelijke economie.
Towns Socioeconomic aspects, to 1977 Readings

Form/genre:

History
Essays.

Added entries:

Abrams, Philip.
Wrigley, E. A. (Edward Anthony), 1931-2022.
Past and present publications.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 37620
Call No.: ID:88-B8561
Status: Available