Field and the Forge - Population, Production, and Power in the Pre-Industrial West

Zusatztext His book is an ambitoius and wide ranging synthesis that is both thoughtful and thought provoking. Klappentext The Field and the Forge offers an innovative approach to the pre-industrial history of Europe and the Mediterranean basin from Roman times through to the Industrial Revolution. This wide-ranging analysis demonstrates how technology changed the scope of state and empire building! and explores why this scope was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west. This work not only considers the who and what of history! but provides a clear demonstration of why things happened. Zusammenfassung Offers an innovative approach to the pre-industrial history of Europe and the Mediterranean basin from Roman times through to the Industrial Revolution. This analysis demonstrates how technology changed the scope of state and empire building, and explores why this scope was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction - Time, Space, and Population Part I: The Organic Economy and Demographic Space 2: Population Dynamics 3: Production and Technology 4: The Means of Transport 5: Trade and Traffic Part II: Military Technology 6: Battlefields before Gunpowder 7: The Gunpowder Revolution 8: Military Capital: Oars, Sails, Walls, and Guns Part III: Force, Power, and Space 9: War and the Organic Economy 10: Power and Space I: Expanding Control 11: Power and Space II: Maintaining Control Part IV: War, Population, and Resources 12: The Cost of War: Manpower and Resources 13: Population, Production, and Technology 14: The Cost of War: Mortality and Population Loss 15: Spending, Taxing, and Borrowing 16: Conclusion Bibliography Appendixes

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• Authors: John Landers, John ( Landers, John (Fellow of All Souls College Landers, John N. Landers, Landers John
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.01.2005
• EAN: 9780199279579
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927957-9
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Europe, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / World, Economic history, Politics & government, c 1500 onwards to present day, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Politics and government, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Population & demography, Population and Demography, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, BCE period – Protohistory