Coping with crisis the resilience and vulnerability of pre-industrial settlements / by Daniel R. Curtis.
| Author/creator | Curtis, Daniel R. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate, [2014]. |
| Description | xix, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Rural worlds : economic, social and cultural histories of agricultures and rural societies |
| Contents | Defining settlement "resilience" and "vulnerability" and introducing the historiography -- The theoretical framework -- Parasite or stimulant : the divergent impact of the city of Florence upon its surrounding rural hinterlands, 1300-1580 -- Settlement decline before the black death : dealing with pressure on resources in two regions of medieval Cambridgeshire, 1200-1340 -- Village communities and commercialisation : the rise of large tenant farmers and its impact on settlements in the Dutch River area, 1300-1600 -- A North Sea coastal area under pressure of land consolidation : transition from a farmers' republic to an unequal polder society in the oldambt of Groningen, 1700-1900 -- Exploring long-term inequality and agro-towns in the Kingdom of Naples, 1600-1900 : a comparative study in Apulia -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Archives -- Primary printed -- Internet -- Unpublished -- Secondary literature. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-377) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013051054 |
| ISBN | 9781472420046 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |