Urban decline in early modern Germany : Schwäbisch Hall and its region, 1650-1750 / by Terence McIntosh. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McIntosh, Terence.

Series:

James Sprunt studies in history and political science ; v. 62.

The James Sprunt studies in history and political science ; v. 62

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Germany--Schwäbisch Hall Region--History--18th century.

Cities and towns.

Mercantile system--Germany--Schwäbisch Hall Region--History--18th century.

Mercantile system.

Schwäbisch Hall Region (Germany)--History.

Schwäbisch Hall Region (Germany).

Schwäbisch Hall Region (Germany)--Economic conditions.

Germany--Social conditions--18th century.

Germany.

Schwäbisch Hall Region (Germany)--Economic policy.

Cities and towns--History--18th century--Schwèabisch Hall Region--Germany.

Mercantile system--History--18th century--Schwèabisch Hall Region--Germany.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 317 p. ) maps ;

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"During the Middle Ages, southwest Germany was one of the most prosperous areas of central Europe, but the Thirty Years' War brought devastating social and economic dislocation to the region. Focusing on the town of Schwabisch Hall, Terence McIntosh explores the causes and consequences of the sluggish recovery of the region's urban communities in the century after the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. He argues that changing relations between town and countryside contributed significantly to the weakening of urban craft production and, therefore, to the region's urban stagnation." "In his economic and structural analysis of Schwabisch Hall, McIntosh explores the significance and changes over time of wealth inequalities, marriage and migration patterns, and class formation. He demonstrates that the rapid proliferation of the rural craft industry within the region eroded and ability of small-scale urban artisans to keep pace. This process in turn profoundly affected the structure of urban society and economy. McIntosh's analysis constitutes significant reinterpretation of the process of urban class formation and economic transformation in early modern Germany."--Jacket.

Contents:

1. The City, Its Salt, and Its Wealth Tax

2. The Structure of the Urban Economy

3. The Ruralization of Craft Production

4. Wealth Mobility

5. The Marriage Market

6. Migration

App. A. The Conversion of Nominal into Real Currency Values

App. B. The Construction of the Household Tax Histories

App. C. Wunder's Overestimation of Total Taxable Wealth

App. D. Occupations for Male Householders in 1625, 1682, and 1754

App. E. The Distribution of Occupational Wealth in 1545 and 1625

App. F. The Transition Matrixes for the 1682 and 1702 Cohorts

App. G. The Wealth Distribution of All Households during the Family Cycle

App. H. The Marriage Data

App. I. The Migration Data.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

979-88-908684-5-9

0-8078-6331-9