An historical geography of Europe, 1500-1840 Norman John Greville Pounds

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pounds, Norman John Greville

Contributor:

Cambridge University Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--Historical geography.

Europe.

Historical geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1980

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of maps and diagrams ; List of abbreviations ; Preface ; 1 Europe in the early sixteenth century ; The physical scene; The physical regions of Europe; Forest; Nationalism and the political map; Population; The urban pattern; Agriculture and rural conditions; Settlement; Manufacturing and mining; Textile industries; The leather industries; Metal industries; Trade; Economic growth

2 The population of Europe from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth centuries Population and food supply; Crises of disease; War and mortality; Social conditions and population growth; Population structure and migration; Refugee movements; The growth of the population; France; The Low Countries; Germany; Switzerland and Austria; Scandinavia; Eastern Europe; Balkan peninsula; Italy; Iberian peninsula; Conclusion; 3 The pattern of cities

Urban development in the sixteenth centuryEarly modern urbanism; Urban planning; The function and size of towns; Urban food supply; The industrial city; Urban crafts; 4 Agriculture from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries ; Land tenure; The peasantry; Other food crops; Viticulture; The olive; Industrial crops; Tools and equipment; Land-use; Forests; Pastoralism; The new agriculture; Agricultural regions; 5 Manufacturing and mining ; The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

The prelude to industrialisationThe Industrial Revolution; Rural and urban industry; Textile industries; The Low Countries; France; Central Europe; Southern Europe; Luxury fabrics; Consumer good industries; The metal industries; Ironworking; Diffusion of technology; Sixteenth to eighteenth centuries; The new technology; Shipbuilding; The mining industries; Coal-mining; The non-ferrous metals; 6 The pattern of trade ; External trade; The Mediterranean; The Baltic; The Atlantic; Internal trade; Markets and fairs; Transport and travel

European trade at the end of the eighteenth centuryThe northern trade; The southern trade; 7 Europe on the eve of the Industrial Revolution ; Population; France; The Low Countries; Germany; Scandinavia; Southern Europe; Eastern and south-eastern Europe; The population map; Rates of population growth; Urban growth; The industrial town; The pre-industrial urban scene; Agriculture; Animal husbandry; Agricultural production; Manufacturing industries; Industrial technology; Coalfields; The iron industry; Non-ferrous metal industries

ISBN:

9780511735530

0511735537

9780521223799

0521223792

9780521105811

0521105811

OCLC:

856740480

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