The economic decline of empires / edited by Carlo M. Cipolla.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cipolla, Carlo M.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Economic history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The question of why empires decline and fall has attracted the attention of historians for centuries, but remains fundamentally unsolved. This unique collection is concerned with the purely economic aspects of decline. It can be observed of empires in the process of decline that their economies are generally faltering. Here the similarities in different cases of economic decline are identified, bearing in mind that individual histories are characterized by important elements of originality.In his introduction, Professor Cipolla points out that improvements in standards of living brou

Contents:

Cover; THE ECONOMIC DECLINE OF EMPIRES; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Editor's Introduction; ONE The Economic Problems of the Roman Empire at the Time of its Decline; TWO Manpower and the Fall of Rome; THREE The Economic Decay of Byzantium; FOUR The Arabs in Eclipse; FIVE The Decline of Spain in the Seventeenth Century; SIX The Decline of Spain; SEVEN The Economic Decline of Italy; EIGHT Some Reflections on the Decline of the Ottoman Empire; NINE The Dutch Economic Decline; TEN Economic and Institutional Factors in the Decline of the Chinese Empire; Appendix; Bibliography

Notes:

First issued in paperback 2010.

First published in 1970 by Methuen.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-415-48950-4

1-135-03241-6

0-203-70948-9

1-135-03242-4

1-299-28799-9

9780203709481

OCLC:

831119455