Before The Industrial Revolution: European Society And Economy 1000-1700
by Carlo M. Cipolla /
2015 / English / PDF
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The world in which we live and the problems we face cannot be understood without referring to that momentous upheaval known as the Industrial Revolution. Yet the Industrial Revolution was only the final phase, the coherent outcome of a historical development which took place in Europe over the first seven centuries of our now expiring millennium. The purpose of this book is to offer an up-to-date and fully documented summary of the human developments from which our world, with all its blessings and all its woes, eventually emerged.
