An Historical Geography of EuropeRobin Alan Butlin, Robert A. Dodgshon A Historical Geography of Europe provides an analytical and explanatory account of European historical geography from classical times to the modern period, including the vast changes to landscape, settlements, population, and in political and cultural structures and character that have taken place since 1500. The text takes account of the volume of relevant research and literature that has been published over the past two or three decades, in order to achieve a coverage and synthesis of this very broad range of evidence and opinion, and has tried to engage with many of the main themes and debates to give a clear indication of changing ideas and interpretations of the subject. |
Contents
A Prehistoric Perspective | 1 |
2 The Classical World | 26 |
3 The SocioPolitical Map of Europe 4001500 | 54 |
4 Rural Settlement in Europe 4001500 | 73 |
5 Towns and Trade 4001500 | 100 |
6 Geographical Knowledge and the Expansion of the European World after 1400 | 115 |
Geography Geopolitics and the Idea of Europe since 1500 | 140 |
8 Changes in Population and Society 1500 to the Present | 181 |
Areas of Innovation and Change | 225 |
Areas of Retardation and Tradition | 243 |
12 Industrial Change 15001740 and the Problem of Protoindustrialization | 259 |
13 Industrialization 1740 to the Present | 280 |
14 The Urbanization of Europe since 1500 | 300 |
15 Changing Patterns of Trade and Interaction since 1500 | 314 |
16 Towards an Environmental History of Europe | 335 |
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