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People, cities, and wealth : the transformation of traditional society
- Title
- People, cities, and wealth : the transformation of traditional society / E.A. Wrigley.
- Author
- Wrigley, E. A. (Edward Anthony), 1931-2022
- Publication
- Oxford, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Blackwell, 1987.
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- Description
- x, 348 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- Cities and towns > Europe > Growth > History
- Industries > Europe > History
- Fertility, Human > Europe > History
- Urban economics > History
- Urban economics
- Social conditions
- Cities and towns > Growth
- Fertility, Human
- Industries
- Population
- Sociaal-economische verandering
- Nieuwe tijd
- Stedelijke economie
- Urbanisation > Europe > Histoire
- Villes > Europe > Croissance > Histoire
- Économie urbaine > Histoire
- Fécondité humaine > Europe > Histoire
- Industrie > Europe > Histoire
- Europe > Population > History
- Europe > Social conditions
- Europe
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 322-335.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0631139915
- 9780631139911
- 0631165568
- 9780631165569
- LCCN
- 86026394
- 15565705
- OCLC
- ocm14376772
- 14376772
- SCSB-8940108
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library