Entrée principale:

Wrigley, E. A. (Edward Anthony), 1931-2022.

Titre et auteur:

People, cities, and wealth : the transformation of traditional society / E.A. Wrigley.

Publication:

Oxford, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Blackwell, 1987.

Description:

x, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-335) and index.
Introduction: What Was the Industrial Revolution -- PART ONE: THE BACKGROUND TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION -- The Classical Economists and The Industrial Revolution -- The Process of Modernization and The Industrial Revolution in England -- The Supply of Raw Materials in The Industrial Revolution -- Some Reflections on Corn Yields and Prices in Pre-Industrial Economies -- PART TWO: URBAN GROWTH -- A Simple Model of London's Importance in Changing English Society and Economy, 1650-1750 -- Urban Growth and Agricultural Change: England and the Continent in the Early Modern Period -- PART THREE: POPULATION: MARRIAGE AND REPRODUCTION -- Fertility Strategy for the Individual and the Group -- The Growth of Population in 18th Century England: A Conundrum Resolved -- Family Limitation in Pre-Industrial England -- The Fall of Marital Fertility in 19th Century France: Exemplar or Exception.

Résumé:

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.

ISBN:

0631139915
9780631139911
0631165568
9780631165569

Sujet:

Cities and towns Europe Growth History.
Industries Europe History.
Fertility, Human Europe History.
Urban economics History.
Économie urbaine Histoire.
Villes Europe Croissance Histoire.
Fécondité humaine Europe Histoire.
Industrie Europe Histoire.
Urban economics
Social conditions
Cities and towns Growth
Fertility, Human
Industries
Population
Sociaal-economische verandering.
Nieuwe tijd.
Stedelijke economie.
Urbanisation Europe Histoire.
Europe Population History.
Europe Social conditions.
Europe Conditions sociales.
Europe Population Histoire.
Europe
11030 Europe 21030 social change 1500-1800
Geschichte 1500-1800

Classification/genre:

History

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Localisation: Bibliothèque main 8422
Cote: ID:87-B13258
Statut: Disponible