Capitalism and Material Life 1400-1800

Braudel, Fernand
Publisher:  Happer Colophon Books, New York, USA
Year 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 [0xc00224fec0 0xc000785dd0 0xc000290ff0] Ca}
Year Published:  1975
Pages:  462pp   Resource Type:  Book

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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)

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