European Proto-Industrialization
Subtitle: An Introductory Handbook
Contributors: Sheilagh Ogilvie (Editor); Markus Cerman (Editor)
Edition: 2Rev Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 23, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780521497602
Subjects: Economic history; Industry & Industrial Studies; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; Industrialization; History; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Industries; Europe - General; Industries - General; Business & Economics-Industries - General; History / Europe / General; Industrialization--Europe
First sentence: 'Proto-industrialization' is the name given to the expansion of domestic industries producing goods for non-local markets which took place in many parts of Europe between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries.
Description: This collection of essays provides an up-to-date introduction to 'proto-industrialization': the growth of export-oriented domestic industries which took place all over Europe between about 1500 and 1800. Often these industries expanded alongside agriculture, without advanced technology or centralized factories.