Transitions to Capitalism in Early Modern Europe - Economies in the Era of Early Globalization, C. 1450 C. 1820

Revised, updated and expanded, this second edition analyzes the structures and practices of European economies within a global context.

List of contents

Preface; Part I: 1. Issues and interpretations; 2. European economies on the eve of globalization; Part II: Introduction: the long sixteenth century; 3. Goods and people on the move; 4. The limits of agricultural growth; 5. Industrial tradition and innovation; Part III: Introduction: from seventeenth-century crisis to long eighteenth century; 6. Commerce, capital, consumption; 7. Agriculture: divergence, development, disappointment; 8. Proto-industry to early Industrial Revolution; 9. Transitions; Appendices.

About the author

Robert S. DuPlessis, Professor Emeritus of History at Swarthmore College, has published widely on the history of textile industries, material culture and consumption. His most recent works include The Material Atlantic: Clothing, Commerce, and Colonization in the Atlantic World, 1650–1800 (Cambridge, 2015), for which he was awarded the Jerry J. Bentley Prize by the World History Association in 2016. He has received fellowships from The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, The Camargo Foundation, The National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright Foundation, and the Surdna Foundation.

Summary

Revised, updated and expanded, this second edition of Robert S. DuPlessis' bestselling account of European economic development from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution analyzes agrarian, industrial, and commercial structures and practices within a global context, introducing classic interpretations, current debates and new scholarship.

Product details

• Authors: Robert S. Duplessis, Robert S. (Swarthmore College Duplessis, DuPlessis Robert S.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108405553
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40555-3
• No. of pages: 390
• Series: New Approaches to European History; New Approaches to European His
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Economic history, c 1500 onwards to present day, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards