Resumen del libro

Reseña: This is the first study to analyze a wide spread of price data to determine whether market development led to economic growth in the early modern period. Bateman compares agricultural data with less abundant information on cloth, candles and olive oil from numerous European cities. Using a range of economic measures applied to a larger set of goods, she shows that market development occurred earlier than was previously believed.

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indice: Introduction 1 Markets in History: A Survey 2 The Course of Early Modern Market Integration: Country Level Results 3 The Course of Early Modern Market Integration: Regional Results 4 The Course of Early Modern Market Integration: The Average European Trend 5 The Causes of Early Modern Market Integration and Disintegration 6 The Consequences of Early Modern Markets: An Examination of the Relationship between Markets and Economic Growth 7 Implications for Economic Policy and the Modern Day

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