Cambridge European Economic History (Volume 4: The Expanding European Economy in the 16th and 17th Centuries)

Author: (British) E.E. Rich, C.H. Wilson | Translator
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Publishing Date: 2003-10-01
Features: This book is an eight-volume work, edited by the renowned economic historian M.M. Postan and published by Cambridge University. It is an authoritative work on economic history, well-known in Western academia for a long time. Broadly speaking, the book can be divided into three parts. The first part primarily explores the transformation of the European economy from the Middle Ages to the modern era, examining what factors determined why Europe, rather than other regions, was the first to complete the transition from an agrarian society to an industrial society, as well as the changes that occurred in different economic sectors during this transformation. The second part focuses on the exploration of Europe's overseas expansion as a whole in the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as the industrial revolution of the continuously expanding Europe. The third part primarily studies and analyzes the economic development history of Western countries, including the United States and Japan, since the industrial revolution.