European Proto-Industrialization An Introductory Handbook [Hardcover]

An introduction to 'proto-industrialization', summarizing the debates and examining various countries.Since the 1970s some historians have argued that proto-industrialization broke down traditional society and prepared the way for the industrial revolution. These studies provide an essential guide to an important, yet often confusing field of economic and social history.Since the 1970s some historians have argued that proto-industrialization broke down traditional society and prepared the way for the industrial revolution. These studies provide an essential guide to an important, yet often confusing field of economic and social history.This collection of essays provides an up-to-date introduction to protoindustrialization : the growth of rural export industries that took place all over Europe between about 1500 and 1800. Since the 1970s some historians have argued that protoindustrialization broke down traditional society and prepared the way for the industrial revolution. These studies survey the resulting debates and research and provide an essential guide to an important, yet often confusing field of economic and social history.List of illustrations; List of tables; List of contributors; 1. The theories of proto-industrialization Sheilagh C. Ogilvie and Markus Cerman; 2. 'Proto-industrialization' as a research strategy and a historical period - a balance sheet J?rgen Schlumbohm; 3. Social institutions and proto-industrialization Sheilagh C. Ogilvie; 4. Proto-industrialization in France Pierre Deyon; 5. Proto-industrialization in England Pat Hudson; 6. Ireland 1841: pre-industrial or proto-industrial; industrializing or de-industrializing? L. A. Clarkson; 7. Proto-industrialization in Spain J. K. J. Thomson; 8. Proto-industry in Flanders: a critical review Christiaan Vandenbroeke; 9. Proto-industrialization in Germany Sheilagh C. Ogilvie; 10. Proto-industrialization in Switzerland Ulrich Pfister; 11. The proto-industrial heritage: forms of rural proto-industry il2