Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 342 pages) : illustrations, map |
Series |
Global economic history series, 1872-5155 ; v. 1 |
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Global economic history series ; v. 1.
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Contents |
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution -- Part One -- Medieval Foundations -- Chapter One -- Introducing the Problem: The Emergence of Efficient Institutions in the Middle Ages -- Chapter Two -- Why the European Economy Expanded Rapidly in a Period of Political Fragmentation -- Chapter Three -- Book Production as a Mirror of the Emerging Medieval Knowledge Economy, 5008211;1500 -- Part Two -- The Little Divergence within Europe -- Introducing the Problem -- The Little Divergence within Europe, 14008211;1800 -- Chapter Four -- Girlpower. The European Marriage Pattern (EMP) and Labour Markets in the North Sea Region in the Late Medieval Period -- Part Three -- Common Workmen, Philosophers and the Birth of A European Knowledge Economy -- Introducing the Problem -- The Birth of the European Knowledge Economy -- Chapter Five -- The Human Capital of the Common Workmen: European Skill Premium in a Global Perspective -- Chapter Six -- The Philosophers and the Revolution of the Printing Press -- Part Four -- Towards the Dual Revolution: State Formation and Morden Economics Growth -- Chapter Seven -- State Formation and Citizenship: The Dutch Republic between Medieval Communes and Modern Nation States -- Chapter Eight -- The Emergence of Modern Economic Growth in the North Sea Region -- Part Five -- Two Great Divergences -- Chapter Nine -- The Arab World, China, and Japan -- Conclusion -- 'A Million Mutinies' -- Appendix One -- Further Experiments with the Cobb Douglas Production Function: Italy and Western Europe -- Appendix Two -- Estimating Chinese GDP Per Capita in the Eighteenth Century -- References -- Index of Subjects |
Summary |
A ̃The Long Road to the Industrial Revolutiona (TM) offers a new explanation of the origins of the industrial revolution in Western Europe by placing development in Europe within a global perspective. It focuses on its specific institutional and demographic development since the late Middle Ages, and on the important role played by human capital formation |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Industrial revolution -- Europe
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
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Economic history
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Economic policy
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Industrial revolution
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Economische ontwikkeling.
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Industriella revolutionen -- Europa.
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Industrialismen -- historia -- Europa.
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SUBJECT |
Europe -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045668
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Europe -- Economic policy
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Subject |
Europe
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Europa (geografie)
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2009012183 |
ISBN |
9789047428626 |
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9047428625 |
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1282602462 |
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9781282602465 |
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9786612602467 |
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6612602465 |
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