Before the Industrial Revolution: European Society and Economy 1000-1700 By Car

Carlo M. Cipolla

Before the Industrial RevolutionEuropean Society and Economy 1000-1700\nAuthor(s): Carlo M. Cipolla\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415090056, 978-0415090056\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1993. In this classic textbook, Cipolla explores the slow but complex process of development that transformed Europe from its relatively weak position in AD 1000 into the highly dynamic and powerful society of 1700. The book is: * Interdisciplinary - blending the economist's and the historian's approach * Full of sources and commentary derived not only from social and economic history, but from the history of medicine, technology and ideas * Substantially revised for this new edition, to provide a greater wealth of illustrative material throughout the book * More detailed than the previous edition in its coverage of a number of specific topics including: the history of public debt; the development of the monetary system; th.