Ecology, Economy and State Formation in Early Modern Germany.

Warde, Paul:

ISBN 10: 052183192X / ISBN 13: 9780521831925

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time. 392p hardcover first edition, green and black illustrated dustjacket bright and not creased, excellent condition throughout, appears new and unused Language: English.

N° de réf. du vendeur 145396

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Ecology, Economy and State Formation in Early Modern Germany.
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 052183192X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521831925
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: As New
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • 18th Century

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Synopsis

This is an innovative analysis of the agrarian world and growth of government in early modern Germany through the medium of pre-industrial society's most basic material resource, wood. Paul Warde offers a regional study of south-west Germany from the late fifteenth to the early eighteenth century, demonstrating the stability of the economy and social structure through periods of demographic pressure, warfare and epidemic. He casts light on the nature of 'wood shortages' and societal response to environmental challenge, and shows how institutional responses largely based on preventing local conflict were poor at adapting to optimise the management of resources. Warde further argues for the inadequacy of models that oppose the 'market' to a 'natural economy' in understanding economic behaviour. This is a major contribution to debates about the sustainability of peasant society in early modern Europe, and to the growth of ecological approaches to history and historical geography.

À propos de l?auteur

Paul Warde is Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge.