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Capitalism and Material Life 1400-1800
Braudel, Fernand
Publisher: Happer Colophon Books, New York, USAYear First Published: {14921 Capitalism and Material Life 1400-1800 CAPITALISM AND MATERIAL LIFE 1400-1800 Braudel, Fernand Happer Colophon Books New York USA 1967 1975 462pp B Book - <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents <br> <br>Preface <br>Introduction <br>1. Weight of Numbers <br>Guessing the World Population <br> A scale of reference <br>The end of an old biological Regime <br>The many against the few <br> <br>2. Daily Bread <br>Corn <br>Rice <br>Maize <br>The rest of the World <br> <br>3. Superfluity and Sufficiency: Food and Drink <br>Luxury and the foods of the masses <br>Drinks, stimulants and drugs <br> <br>4. Superfluity and Sufficiency: Houses, Clothes and Fashion <br>Houses throughout the world <br>Interiors <br>Costumes and fashion <br> <br>5. The Spread of Technology: Sources of Power and Metallurgy <br>The key problem: sources of power <br>Iron: a poor relation <br> <br>6. The Spread of Technology: Revolutions and Delay <br>Three great technological innovations <br>Transport <br>Technology <br> <br>7. Money <br>Economics and imperfect money <br>Outside Europe: early economics and metallic money <br>Precious metals and metallic economics in Europe <br>Paper money and instruments of credit <br> <br>8. Towns <br>The town: a definition <br>The originality of Western towns <br>Large towns <br> <br>Conclusion <br>Index <br> <br> <br> <br>Maps <br> <br>Civilizations, "cultures" and primitive people <br>Eurasian migrations from the fourteenth to the eighteenth <br>Century <br>The belt of hoe-cultures <br>The great discoveries - the routes across the Atlantic <br> <br> <br> <br>Diagrams <br>World population from the thirteenth to nineteenth century <br>Historical diagram of diets with calorie rations and sources <br>Budget of a mason's family in Berlin about <br> <br>Tables <br>World population in millions from 1650 to 16 50 <br>Cereal yields in Europe (1200-1820) <br>Declines in cereals (1250-1750) 1 false false true CA14921.htm [0xc0022d89f0 0xc00089c2d0 0xc00037f530] Ca} Year Published: 1975 Pages: 462pp Resource Type: Book Abstract: - Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1. Weight of Numbers Guessing the World Population A scale of reference The end of an old biological Regime The many against the few 2. Daily Bread Corn Rice Maize The rest of the World 3. Superfluity and Sufficiency: Food and Drink Luxury and the foods of the masses Drinks, stimulants and drugs 4. Superfluity and Sufficiency: Houses, Clothes and Fashion Houses throughout the world Interiors Costumes and fashion 5. The Spread of Technology: Sources of Power and Metallurgy The key problem: sources of power Iron: a poor relation 6. The Spread of Technology: Revolutions and Delay Three great technological innovations Transport Technology 7. Money Economics and imperfect money Outside Europe: early economics and metallic money Precious metals and metallic economics in Europe Paper money and instruments of credit 8. Towns The town: a definition The originality of Western towns Large towns Conclusion Index Maps Civilizations, "cultures" and primitive people Eurasian migrations from the fourteenth to the eighteenth Century The belt of hoe-cultures The great discoveries - the routes across the Atlantic Diagrams World population from the thirteenth to nineteenth century Historical diagram of diets with calorie rations and sources Budget of a mason's family in Berlin about Tables World population in millions from 1650 to 16 50 Cereal yields in Europe (1200-1820) Declines in cereals (1250-1750) Subject Headings |