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Quantitative studies of the Renaissance Florentine economy and society / Richard T. Lindholm.
Lippincott Library HC308.F6 L56 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lindholm, Richard T., author.
- Series:
- Anthem other canon economics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Florence (Italy)--Civilization.
- Florence (Italy).
- Renaissance--Italy--Florence.
- Renaissance.
- Italy--Florence.
- Florence (Italy)--Economic conditions.
- Florence (Italy)--Social conditions.
- Florence (Italy)--History--To 1421.
- Florence (Italy)--History--1421-1737.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2017.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The costs and benefits of running away: late medieval Florentine plague mortality and behavior
- When economic theory meets medieval contracts: calculating the Monte Comune interest rate
- The chances of getting rich in Renaissance Florence: the wool industry occupational wealth hierarchy
- Palaces and workers: neighborhood residential segregation in Renaissance Florence
- The "state" makes a work of art: the impact of the Catasto home owner tax loophole on the Quattrocento Florentine palazzo building boom
- Not getting ahead in life: the lack of life-cycle wealth accumulation in Quattrocento Tuscany
- Just doing business: testing competition in the Renaissance Florentine wool industry
- Time for it all: women in the Renaissance Florentine wool industry
- Why were Renaissance Florentine wool industry companies so small?
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-309) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781783086368
- 178308636X
- OCLC:
- 973885814
- Publisher Number:
- 99971605018
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