Date 27 June 2019
Pages 335
Format cm 14 x 22
Price € 26.00
EAN 9782713227745
Publisher Website www.editions.ehess.fr

A History of Rural Europe

16th-20th century
Publisher Éditions EHESS
COLLECTION En temps & lieux
GENRE History
A wide variety of approaches to the rural scene helps readers interrogate the notion of agricultural growth over a five-century span.

The agricultural development Europe experienced from the 16th to the 20th century was a crucial factor in building the modern world, but we have yet to understand its nature, its pacing, and its causes. For the last thirty years, three major approaches have spurred historians' debates in this area: the diversity of agrarian systems, quantitative methods, and the role of institutions. This book relies on these three themes in proposing a holistic vision of European research on modern and contemporary agricultural history, quite unlike the usual regional monograph. In so doing, it attests to the revival and vitality of rural studies, which remain essential to understanding our own time.