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: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780521497381
Subjects: Economic history; Industry & Industrial Studies; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; Industrial History; History - General History; Reference; History: World; Europe; Industrialization; Europe - General; Industries - General; History / Europe / General; Industrialization--Europe; History; Industries
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.