Before the Industrial Revolution by Cipolla, Carlo M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Contents Preface Part I. A static approximation

1. Demand

Type of analysis Population Needs, wants, and effective demand Income and its distribution Types of demand Private demand Public demand Demand of the Church Foreign demand

2. The Factors of Production

Classes of “inputs” Labor Capital Natural resources Organization

3. Productivity and Production

Choice and productivity The determinants of production Medieval and Renaissance productivity levels Positive production Negative production

Part II. Toward a dynamic description

4. The Urban Revolution: The Communes 5. Population: Trends and Plagues 6. Technology

Technological developments: 1000–1700 The spread of technology

7. Enterprise, Credit, and Money

Enterprise and credit Monetary trends

8. Production, Incomes, and Consumption: 1000–1500

The great expansion: 1000–1300 Economic trends: 1300–1500

9. The Emergence of the Modern Age

Underdeveloped Europe or developed Europe? European expansion The scientific revolution An energy crisis

10. The Changing Balance of Economic Power in Europe

Economic trends: 1500–1700 The decline of Spain The decline of Italy The rise of the northern Netherlands The rise of England

Epilogue Appendix tables Notes List of illustrations, maps, and figures List of tables Bibliography Index About the Author About the Book Copyright

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