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RURHE 06 Growth and Stagnation in European Historical Agriculture

RURHE 06 Growth and Stagnation in European Historical Agriculture


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Agricultural production has been the basic and single most important factor for the well-being of mankind since the Neolithic revolution. Insufficient agricultural output has led to deficient means of subsistence and sometimes even starvation, while rich harvests brought about plenty and prosperity. Continuous increases in agricultural output have transformed whole societies and continents, bringing about radical changes in people's lives and economic prospects. This book is focused on measuring and explaining agricultural growth in Europe. For most countries statistics on agricultural production are either non-existing or shaky for the period up to the end of the nineteenth century. Consequently, researchers dealing with historical farming have been forced to put a lot of effort into reconstructing reliable data on inputs and outputs. The last decades have seen major progress, and new approaches to quantify and explain agricultural development have been adopted. The book is the result of these efforts and it encompasses estimations and explanations of European historical agriculture over time, from the ninth to the twentieth century, and over space, from the Iberian Peninsula to Scandinavia and from the British Isles to Russia. Mats Olsson and Patrick Svensson are associate professors in Economic History at Lund University. Their major research area is the agricultural transformation of Sweden and its social and demographic consequences, covering the manorial system, peasant production and labour productivity, social mobility, and preindustrial land and capital markets.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9782503540764
  • Publisher: Brepols Publishers
  • Publisher Imprint: Brepols Publishers
  • Depth: 6
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 2503540767
  • Publisher Date: 31 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 231 mm
  • No of Pages: 307
  • Series Title: Rural History in Europe
  • Weight: 498 gr


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