John Landers

The Field and the Forge

Population, Production, and Power in the Pre-Industrial West

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Produktbeschreibung

The Field and the Forge offers an innovative approach to the pre-industrial history of Europe and the Mediterranean basin from Roman times through to the Industrial Revolution. This wide-ranging analysis demonstrates how technology changed the scope of state and empire building, and explores why this scope was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west. This work not only considers the who and what of history, but provides a clear demonstration of why things happened.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 687g
• ISBN-13: 9780199279579
• ISBN-10: 0199279578
• Artikelnr.: 21327881

Autorenporträt

John Landers, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction - Time, Space, and Population
Part I: The Organic Economy and Demographic Space
2: Population Dynamics
3: Production and Technology
4: The Means of Transport
5: Trade and Traffic
Part II: Military Technology
6: Battlefields before Gunpowder
7: The Gunpowder Revolution
8: Military Capital: Oars, Sails, Walls, and Guns
Part III: Force, Power, and Space
9: War and the Organic Economy
10: Power and Space I: Expanding Control
11: Power and Space II: Maintaining Control
Part IV: War, Population, and Resources
12: The Cost of War: Manpower and Resources
13: Population, Production, and Technology
14: The Cost of War: Mortality and Population Loss
15: Spending, Taxing, and Borrowing
16: Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendixes