Population and Economy: Population adn History from the Traditional to the Modern World: Population and History from the Traditional to the Modern World - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0521310555 ISBN 13: 9780521310550

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

With the publication of The Population History of England in 1981 it has become possible for the first time to trace in detail the demographic changes that occurred in a major European country throughout the early modern period and during the industrial revolution. It is therefore also now possible to test our understanding of the functioning of early modern economies in relation to their demographic patterns against the new empirical data. The discussion of this historical theme, first initiated by Malthus in the late eighteenth century, can now be taken a substantial step further. All of the essays published here take advantage of this new possibility, either by using the English data themselves, or by reflecting on the implications of a comparison between English patterns and those found elsewhere. The essays contribute not only to a richer understanding of the relationships in the past between population and economy, but also to a fuller appreciation of the circumstances that limited economic growth in pre-industrial economies and with the train of events that led to the escape from these constraints with the industrial revolution.

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The essays contribute not only to a richer understanding of the relationships in the past between population and economy, but also to a fuller appreciation of the circumstances that limited economic growth in preindustrial economies and with the train of events that led to the escape from these constraints with the industrial revolution.

Contenuti

Introduction Roger S. Schofield and E. Anthony Wrigley; 1. Through a glass darkly: The Population History of England as an experiment in history Roger S. Schofield; 2. Historical demography after The Population History of England Michael Anderson; 3. English population, wages and prices: 1541–1913 Peter H. Lindert; 4. Population homeostasis and English demographic history Ronald Lee; 5. The population and economy of the pre-industrial Netherlands Jan de Vries; 6. Urban growth and agricultural change: England and the continent in the early modern period E. Anthony Wrigley; 7. Escaping from constraints: the industrial revolution in a Malthusian context Brinley Thomas; 8. Time and space, hoofs and grain: the seasonality of marriage in England Ann Kussmaul.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521310555
• ISBN 13: 9780521310550
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 228