This book demolishes the widely held view that the phrase 'medieval business' is an oxymoron. The authors review the entire range of business in medieval western Europe, probing its Roman and Christian heritage to discover the economic and political forces that shaped the organization of agriculture, manufacturing, construction, mining, transportation and marketing. Businessmen...(展开全部)

This book demolishes the widely held view that the phrase 'medieval business' is an oxymoron. The authors review the entire range of business in medieval western Europe, probing its Roman and Christian heritage to discover the economic and political forces that shaped the organization of agriculture, manufacturing, construction, mining, transportation and marketing. Businessmen...(展开全部)

Marked by C. Warren Hollister's clear historical vision and engaging teaching style, this classic text has been judiciously revised by Judith Bennett; the tenth edition includes greater coverage of Byzantium and Islam, a revised map program, a new essay program on medieval myths, and more. In his preface to the eighth edition, Professor Hollister wrote of his realization, while...(展开全部)

Marked by C. Warren Hollister's clear historical vision and engaging teaching style, this classic text has been judiciously revised by Judith Bennett; the tenth edition includes greater coverage of Byzantium and Islam, a revised map program, a new essay program on medieval myths, and more. In his preface to the eighth edition, Professor Hollister wrote of his realization, while...(展开全部)

《中世纪欧洲商业史：1200—1550》全面系统地介绍了1200—1550年中世纪欧洲的商业史，推翻了人们普遍认为的“中世纪商业”是一个矛盾的说法。作者回顾了中世纪西欧的整个商业领域，探讨了其罗马和基督教传统，以发现影响农业、制造业、建筑业、采矿、运输和营销组织的经济和政治力量。然后他们处理商人对中世纪晚期困扰欧洲的灾难、饥荒和战争的反应。中世纪商人在应对这种充满敌意的新环境方面取得的巨大成功为16世纪的经济扩张铺平了道路。

《中世纪欧洲商业史：1200—1550》全面系统地介绍了1200—1550年中世纪欧洲的商业史，推翻了人们普遍认为的“中世纪商业”是一个矛盾的说法。作者回顾了中世纪西欧的整个商业领域，探讨了其罗马和基督教传统，以发现影响农业、制造业、建筑业、采矿、运输和营销组织的经济和政治力量。然后他们处理商人对中世纪晚期困扰欧洲的灾难、饥荒和战争的反应。中世纪商人在应对这种充满敌意的新环境方面取得的巨大成功为16世纪的经济扩张铺平了道路。

A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, showing the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutality—a brilliant reflection of humanity itself.

A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, showing the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutality—a brilliant reflection of humanity itself.

From the colonial era to the present day, small businesses have been an integral part of American life. First published in 1991 and now thoroughly revised and updated, "A History of Small Business in America" explores the central but ever-changing role played by small enterprises in the nation's economic, political, and cultural development. Examining small businesses in manufa...(展开全部)

In this, the first sustained account of pedlars and peddling, Laurence Fontaine argues that pedlars and the networks they built up played a crucial role in the birth of the modern European economy.