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Town and Country in Europe, 1300–1800

Town and Country in Europe, 1300–1800

Town and Country in Europe, 1300–1800

S. R. Epstein, London School of Economics and Political Science
January 2004
Available
Paperback
9780521548045

    Relations between town and country are central to Europe's long-term economic, political and social evolution. This 2001 book surveys and re-interprets these relations in particular countries and regions in the light of the most recent debates on state formation, urbanisation, proto-industrialisation, and the regional character of pre-modern economic growth. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters, ranging chronologically from the Black Death to the Enlightenment, give a comprehensive coverage of Europe, from Spain to Sweden and England, and from the Polish Commonwealth to Holland and Italy. Each chapter offers a self-contained analysis of its country or region and provides a basis for systematic comparison. The Introduction (by S. R. Epstein) discusses the historiographical and theoretical framework for the regional chapters, emphasising how evolving political configurations changed the balance between 'coercive' and 'market-based' solutions to town-country relations and set countries on different paths to growth.

    • Comprehensive coverage from 1300 to 1800
    • The only comparative European survey of its kind
    • A major contribution to debates on state- and market-led paths to economic growth

    Product details

    January 2004
    Paperback
    9780521548045
    356 pages
    229 × 152 × 20 mm
    0.52kg
    16 maps 14 tables
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction: town and country in Europe, 1300–1800 S. R. Epstein
    • 2. Town and country in Sweden, 1450–1650 Robert Sandberg
    • 3. Town and country in Holland, 1300–1550 Peter Hoppenbrouwers
    • 4. Town and country in the Dutch Republic, 1550–1800 Marjolein 't Hart
    • 5. Town and country in England, 1300–1570 James A. Galloway
    • 6. Town and country in England, 1570–1750 Paul Glennie
    • 7. Town and country in the Polish Commonwealth, 1350–1650 Andrzej Janeczek
    • 8. Town and country in the Austrian and Czech Lands, 1450–1750 Markus Cerman and Herbert Knittler
    • 9. Town and country in Germany, 1350–1600 Tom Scott
    • 10. Town and country in Switzerland, 1450–1750 Martin Körner
    • 11. Town and country in France, 1550–1750 Thomas Brennan
    • 12. Town and country in Castile, 1400–1650 Pablo Sánchez Léon
    • 13. Town and country in central and northern Italy, 1500–1750 Carlo Maria Belfanti
    • 14. Town and country in the Kingdom of Naples, 1500–1750 Brigitte Marin.
      Contributors
    • S. R. Epstein, Robert Sandberg, Peter Hoppenbrouwers, Marjolein 't Hart, James A. Galloway, Paul Glennie, Andrzej Janeczek, Markus Cerman, Herbert Knittler, Tom Scott, Martin Körner, Thomas Brennan, Pablo Sánchez Léon, Carlo Maria Belfanti, Brigitte Marin

    • Editor
    • S. R. Epstein , London School of Economics and Political Science

      S. R. Epstein is Reader in Economic History at the London School of Economics.