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Author Levine, David, 1946- author.

Title At the dawn of modernity : biology, culture, and material life in Europe after the year 1000 / David Levine
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 431 pages)
Contents Lineages of early modernization -- Shards of modernity -- Living in the material world -- Reproducing feudalism -- Negative feedbacks -- Recombinant mutations
Summary This examination of the social history of modernization investigates the centuries that followed the year 1000, when a new kind of society emerged in Europe. The text highlights both the 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' changes that characterized the social experience of early modernization
Analysis agriculture
black death
capitalism
class
commerce
commercial routines
early modernization
europe
european history
feudalism
gregorian reformation
history
information technology
material culture
modern world
modernity
plague
population density
poverty
social change
social history
social order
social science
sociology
urban life
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Civilization, Medieval.
Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
Human body -- Social aspects -- History
HISTORY.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Civilization, Medieval
Human body -- Social aspects
Social history -- Medieval
Bevolkingsgroei.
Welvaart.
Vernieuwing.
SUBJECT Europe -- Church history -- 600-1500. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045634
Subject Europe
Europa (geografie)
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520923676
0520923677
1417523832
9781417523832
1282758780
9781282758780