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Europäische Wirtschaftsgeschichte: 10. bis 19. Jahrhundert
Thema des Buches ist die Entwicklung der europäischen Wirtschaft vom 10. Jahrhundert bis zum Beginn des modernen Wachstums im 19. Jahrhundert. Europa wird im globalen Kontext betrachtet, und die spezifisch europäischen Merkmale werden analysiert. So bietet das Buch ein klares Bild von Struktur und Organisation der vormodernen europäischen Wirtschaft und bestimmt ihre Merkmale, Institutionen und Grenzen vor einem weltweiten Hintergrund.
493 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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August 11, 2021
This is the best overview/compendium on pre-industrial European economic history. The reason why it presumably is way less influential than it should be is that it was published with Brill in its English edition (which means that one book costs above USD200). There is a way cheaper German translation which unfortunately is already out of print (and has some small drawbacks like no index in the end).
Malanima is a historian with many influential contributions to Italian economic history in general and in urban history and energy history also on a European level. All his work looks at history through the lens of economic models. Thus he very well pays attention to markets, incentives, supply & demand etc.
The reason why I admire the book so much is because it is structured by topic rather than by epoch or time. The groupings have been done in a very meaningful way (population, agriculture, energy (climate), transport, trade, ...) and the writing is very non-technical without any prior knowledge required. Yet, there is virtually no phenomenon that is talked about which is not supported by simple equations, graphs, tables, or at least the according reference in the literature.
In Malanima's chapters in "Power to the People (2013), Princeton" one can find a further developed version of his writings on energy, climate and a bit of demography/agriculture (which is way more affordable than the present book).
Malanima is a historian with many influential contributions to Italian economic history in general and in urban history and energy history also on a European level. All his work looks at history through the lens of economic models. Thus he very well pays attention to markets, incentives, supply & demand etc.
The reason why I admire the book so much is because it is structured by topic rather than by epoch or time. The groupings have been done in a very meaningful way (population, agriculture, energy (climate), transport, trade, ...) and the writing is very non-technical without any prior knowledge required. Yet, there is virtually no phenomenon that is talked about which is not supported by simple equations, graphs, tables, or at least the according reference in the literature.
In Malanima's chapters in "Power to the People (2013), Princeton" one can find a further developed version of his writings on energy, climate and a bit of demography/agriculture (which is way more affordable than the present book).
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