The Brenner Debate
Subtitle: Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-industrial Europe (Past and Present Publications)
Contributors: T. H. Aston (Editor); C. H. E. Philpin (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 24, 1987
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780521349338
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; History - General History; Economic aspects; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; History; Europe; Economic conditions; Economic History; Europe - General; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics-Economic History; Europe - Social conditions; Europe - Social conditions Europe - Social co; History / Europe / General; Social classes; Agriculture; Capitalism
First sentence: General interpretations of the processes of long-term economic change in late medieval and early modern Europe have continued to be constructed almost exclusively in terms of what might loosely be called "objective" economic forces - in particular, demographic fluctuations and the growth of trade and markets.