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A Stagnating Metropolis

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A Stagnating Metropolis

A Stagnating Metropolis

The Economy and Demography of Stockholm, 1750–1850
Johan Soderberg
Ulf Jonsson
Christer Persson
February 2003
Paperback
9780521531337
£35.00
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    This book analyses a peculiar phase in the history of Stockholm which has not previously been systematically investigated. Between 1750 and 1850 the Swedish capital experienced long-term stagnation, characterized by de-industrialization and slow population growth. In this study various aspects of the economic and social history of the period are examined in detail, including the decline of manufacturing, the causes of the extremely high rates of mortality and extra-marital fertility, and the distribution of economic resources. Social and spatial patterns of poverty are described and the trends and fluctuations in prices and real wages charted and compared with other European towns and cities.

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    February 2003
    Paperback
    9780521531337
    248 pages
    229 × 253 × 17 mm
    0.39kg
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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • List of figures
    • List of tables
    • Preface
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Stockholm's growth problems, 1760–1850, in a comparative European perspective
    • 3. The decline of manufacturing
    • 4. Labour markets and the informal sector
    • 5. Real wage trends, 1730–1850: Stockholm in a comparative perspective
    • 6. Spatial patterns of wealth and poverty
    • 7. Trends in inequality, 1715–1850
    • 8. The economic-demographic system
    • 9. A stagnating capital
    • Bibliography
    • Index.
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