The conquest of the material world
1964, 1st edition. Chicago : University of Chicago Press. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #395222
Physical description: xii, 408 pages ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-387). Contents: Partial contents Introductory: Mining and metallurgy in Medieval society. -- pt. 1. The European scene during the first age of overseas expansion. Industrial Europe at the time of the Reformation, ca. 1515-ca. 1540. -- pt. 2. Industrial history in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The progress of technology and the growth of large-scale industry in Great Britain, 1540-1640. -- A comparison of industrial growth in France and England from 1540 to 1640. -- pt. 3. Studies in historical interrelations, ca. 1540-ca. 1787. The Protestant Reformation and the birth of industrial civilization. -- Prices and industrial capitalism in France and England, 1540-1640. -- The genesis of industrialism and of modern science, 1560-1640. -- English and French industrial history after 1540 in relation to the constitution of the United States. -- Epilogue: Truth, belief, and civilization.
Subjects: Industries Europe History; Civilization, Modern; Industrialization Europe History; History mining and metallurgy Medieval society; History technology Industrial growth 1540-1640.
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