Agricultural fluctuations in Europe from the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries: Wilhelm Abel, translated by Olive Ordish (London: Methuen, 1980. Pp. xii+363. £17·50)

Abstract

Foreword by Joan Thirsk Introduction PART ONE: CHANGES IN AGRARIAN ECONOMY OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE FROM THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY TO THE END OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY 1. Rising Agrarian Prosperity During the High MIddle Ages 2. The Fourteenth-century Recession 3. The Late Medieval Agrarian Depression PART TWO: CHANGES IN THE AGRARIAN ECONOMY OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE FROM THE SIXTEENTH-CENTURY TO THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 4. Farming and the Standard of Living in the Sixteenth Century 5. Slumps, Wars, and the Long Term Downward Trend 6. Decline and Depression PART THREE: THE AGRARIAN ECONOMY OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE FROM THE MID-EIGHTEENTH TO THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY 7. The Upward Trend of Agriculture During the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century 8. The Agrarian Depression of the Early Nineteenth Century 9. Mass Poverty PART FOUR: THE AGRARIAN ECONOMY OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE IN THE INDUSTRIAL AGE 10. The Solution to the Problems of Inadequate Food Supply 11. Agrarian Crises During the Industrial Era Summary and Conclusion Appendix