Format:
1 online resource (ix, 289 pages)
ISBN:
9781315574233
,
9781317159629
,
9781317159636
Series Statement:
Rural worlds : economic, social and cultural histories of agricultures and rural societies
Content:
1. Defining settlement 'resilience' and 'vulnerability' and introducing the historiography -- 2. The theoretical framework -- 3. Parasite or stimulant : the divergent impact of the city of Florence upon its surrounding rural hinterlands, 1300-1580 -- 4. Settlement decline before the black death : dealing with pressure on resources in two regions of medieval Cambridgeshire, 1200-1340 -- 5. Village communities and commercialisation : the rise of large tenant farmers and its impact on settlements in the Dutch River area, 1300-1600 -- 6. 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 -- 7. Exploring long-term inequality and agro-towns in the Kingdom of Naples, 1600-1900 : a comparative study in Apulia -- 8. Conclusion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-377) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472420046
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781472420046
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315574233
