Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Small Towns in Early Modern Europe : Themes in International Urban History, No 3 - No Information Available

Small Towns in Early Modern Europe

By: No Information Available

Hardcover | 22 May 1995

At a Glance

Hardcover


RRP $209.95

$184.75

12%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $46.19 with

 or 

Ships in 7 to 10 business days

Despite the great wave of publications on European cities and towns in the pre-industrial period, little has been written about the thousands of small towns which played a key role in the economic, social and cultural life of early modern Europe. This collection, written by leading experts, redresses that imbalance. It provides the first comparative overview of European small towns from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century, examining their position in the urban hierarchy, demographic structures, economic trends, relations with the countryside, and political and cultural developments. Case studies discuss networks in all the major European countries, as well as looking at the distinctive world of small towns in the more 'peripheral' countries of Scandinavia and central Europe. A wide-ranging editorial introduction puts individual chapters in historical perspective.
Industry Reviews
"...Clark has provided scholars with a reference work for Europe as a whole that will be the indispensable platform for further work on a regional or national basis. By containing so many specialized studies covering the entire early modern period in Europe, Clark's volume establishes the comparative approach as the definitive reference point. His introduction provides a valuable synthesis of the similarity, interpretive difficulty, and importance of small towns within their larger political and economic networks." Journal of Interdisciplinary History "...a many-faceted picture of urban life outside the major cities of early modern Europe. It will clearly be of interest to the economic and urban historian, and there is also much to be gleaned from it by those interested in the process of state building, the interaction of center and locality, and the evolution of consumer culture." William and Mary Quarterly "Here we have a collection of essays that advances both general history and the urban theme it addresses: specialists in the history of the European regions that are covered will welcome some very useful additions to the literature in English." Alan Dyer, Journal of Modern History

More in European History

Baltic : The Future of Europe - Oliver Moody

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF
Raise Your Soul : A Personal History of Resistance - Yanis Varoufakis
Abandoned Women : Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas - Lucy Frost
Letters from a Stoic : The Ancient Classic - Seneca

RRP $24.95

$21.75

13%
OFF
The Catalpa Rescue - Peter FitzSimons

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF
Blitzed : Drugs in Nazi Germany - Norman Ohler

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
Heroes : The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold - Stephen Fry
The Siege : The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama - Ben Macintyre
Kokoda : Updated Edition - Peter FitzSimons

RRP $39.99

$31.75

21%
OFF
Oliver Cromwell : Commander in Chief - Ronald Hutton

RRP $26.95

$22.99

15%
OFF
The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective - Sara Lodge
Eleanor : A 200-mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen - Alice Loxton
The War on the West : How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason - Douglas Murray
The Templars - Dan Jones

Paperback

RRP $22.99

$18.75

18%
OFF
Say Nothing : True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland - Patrick Radden Keefe
The Strange Death of Europe : Immigration, Identity, Islam - Douglas Murray
The Journals of Captain Cook : Penguin Classics - James Cook

RRP $27.99

$23.75

15%
OFF
Night : Penguin Modern Classics - Elie Wiesel

RRP $26.99

$20.75

23%
OFF