Chapter 1 Early modern capitalism -- part Part I Economic growth -- chapter 2 The late medieval crisis as an integration crisis / S.R. EPSTEIN -- chapter 3 The energy basis for early modern growth, 1650-1820 -- chapter 4 Early modern economic growth -- chapter 5 Pre-industrial economic growth and the transition to an industrial economy / EDWIN HORLINGS -- part Part II Capital and labour -- chapter 6 International capital markets and their users, 1450-1750 -- chapter 7 Labour in proto-industrialization -- chapter 8 Problems of the family economy -- chapter 9 Mobilization of labour in early modern Europe -- part Part III Conclusion -- chapter 10 Economic growth before and after the Industrial Revolution
Summary
This volume takes stock of recent research on economic growth, as well as the development of capital and labour markets, during the centuries that preceded the Industrial Revolution. The book underlines the diversity in the economic experiences of early modern Europeans and suggests how this variety might be the foundation of a new conception of economic and social change
Analysis
Economics
Management and Business
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-230) and index
