Population and economy: population and history from the traditional to the modern world / edited by Robert I. Rotberg and Theodore K. Rabb ; guest editors, Roger S. Schofield and E. Anthony Wrigley ; contributors, Michael Anderson [and others]

Rotberg, Robert I

1986, 1st Edition. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: ex-library copy. Item #336322
ISBN: 0521310555

Physical description: 219 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Contents: Introduction / Roger S. Schofield and E. Anthony Wrigley -- Through a glass darkly: The population history of England as an experiment in history / Roger S. Schofield -- Historical demography after the population history of England / Michael Anderson -- English population, wages, and prices, 1541-1913 / Peter H. Lindert -- Population homeostasis and English demographic history / Ronald Lee -- The population and economy of preindustrisl Netherlands / Jan de Vries -- Urban growth and agricultural change: England and the Continent in the early modern period / E. Anthony Wrigley -- Escaping from constraints: the industrial revolution in a Malthusian context / Brinley Thomas -- Time and space, hoofs and grain: the seasonality of marriage in England / Ann Kussmaul. Subjects: Economic history. Population. England Population History. England Economic conditions. Great Britain Population History. Netherlands Population History. England Population Economic aspects, 1700-1900. Genre: History. Illustrated.

Price: €18.95