Before the Industrial Revolution

European Society and Economy, 1000-1700

Third Edition

8 August 1994

Description

The Third Edition includes substantial revisions and new material throughout the book that will secure its standing as the most useful history available of preindustrial Europe.

During the seven hundred years before the Industrial Revolution, the stage was set for Europe's transformation from a backward agrarian society to a powerful industrialized society. An economic historian of international reputation, Carlo M. Cipolla explores the process that made this transformation possible. In so doing, he sheds light not only on the economic factors but on the culture surrounding them.

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9780393311983

157 x 234 mm • 352 pages

£21.00

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