Crises in economic and social history: a comparative perspective

This collection of essays brings together historians examining social and economic crises from the thirteenth century to the twenty-first. Crisis is an almost ubiquitous concept for historians, applicable across (amongst others) the histories of agriculture, disease, finance and trade. Yet there has...

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Other Authors: Brown, Andrew Theodore 1923- (Editor), Burn, Andy (Editor), Doherty, Rob (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk The Boydell Press 2015
Series:People, markets, goods volume 6
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Summary:This collection of essays brings together historians examining social and economic crises from the thirteenth century to the twenty-first. Crisis is an almost ubiquitous concept for historians, applicable across (amongst others) the histories of agriculture, disease, finance and trade. Yet there has been little attempt to compare its use as an explanatory tool between these discrete fields of research. This volume breaks down the boundaries between traditional historical time periods and sub-disciplines of history to examine the ways in which past societies have coped with crises, and the role of crisis in generating economic and social change. Should we conceptualise a medieval agrarian or financial crisis differently from their modern counterparts? Were there similarities in how contemporaries responded to famine or outbreaks of disease? How comparable are crises within households, within institutions, or across national and international networks of trade?0
Physical Description:XVII, 401 Seiten Illustration, Diagramme, Karte
ISBN:9781783270422
178327042X

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