Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Maps; Tables; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The peasant dynamic; 2 Power and property; 3 The regulative drive; 4 From clearance to crisis?; 5 The two ecologies; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This is an original case study of how a peasant society in early modern Europe sustained its economy, which relied on natural resources. It offers a study of southwest Germany's dependence on wood, demonstrating the stability of the economy and social structure through periods of demographic pressure, warfare and epidemic
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-380) and index
