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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      06 July 2010
      21 February 1991
      ISBN:
      9780511523564
      9780521391641
      9780521892339
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511523564
      Dimensions:
      (204 x 159 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.462kg, 218 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.334kg, 220 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Social and Population History, Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, Regional History after 1500, European Studies
      Series:
      Studies in Modern Capitalism
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, Regional History after 1500, European Studies
    Series:
    Studies in Modern Capitalism
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    Research on historical processes such as commercialisation traditionally concentrated on the motors of change and measurement of their impact, and considered the labouring classes as the passive objects of such changes. Developments in the social sciences in recent years have stimulated a new reading of the historical sources in terms of the social relations and strategies of families in interpreting and adapting to their own use institutional settings and economic resources. The essays presented in this 1991 book explore the relationship between the historical experiences of social relations and the demands and opportunities offered by the economy in early modern Europe through a focus on the strategies of labouring families. Critical discussion of the historian's use of sources characterises the essays, which provide case-studies of social groups in north-central Italy and the French Alps. They relate to three specific themes: the exploitation of non-agricultural resources in the countryside, urban guilds and charitable provision.

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    "[T]hose interested in families' strategies towards work and social institutions--whether guilds, charitable organizations, or municipal authorities--will find much good material in this volume." Judy Coffin, Journal of Economic History

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