Capitalism and Material Life, 1400-1800
Description
Spanning the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries, this sweeping study explores how ordinary people lived, worked, traveled, ate, and adapted in a changing world. It examines population growth, famine and disease, housing, clothing, technology, sources of power, communication, money, and the expanding role of towns within largely agricultural societies. Through comparisons across Europe and the wider world, the book reveals the stark divide between widespread material hardship and the prosperity of privileged elites, while tracing the gradual transformations that shaped everyday life and laid the foundations for modern economic development. Combining broad historical vision with close attention to material conditions, it offers a landmark account of social and economic life before the full rise of capitalism.
Available Editions
paperback
Harper and Row
Published Jan 1, 1973
462 pages
ISBN: 9780060104542
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Details
First Published
1967
Language
eng
Translation
From: fra
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