History and economic life : a student's guide to approaching economic and social history sources /: a student's guide to approaching economic and social history sources. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Georg Christ and Philipp R. Rössner.
• Editors: Christ, Georg; Rössner, Philipp Robinson
• Contents: List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Foreword Introduction: Why and how do we read economic history sources? Georg Christ and Philipp R. Roessner Part 1: Toolbox 1 The Study of Economic History Methods and Sources Chris Godden 2 What do we analyse - typology of sources Catherine Casson, Georg Christ, Christopher Godden, John S. Lee, Sarah Roddy, Philipp R. Roessner, Edmond Smith 3 How to read economic history sources quantitatively Georg Christ, Nuno Palma, Edmond Smith, Aashish Velkar 4 How do we analyse sources: Source analysis – the qualitative method Georg Christ Part 2: Case Studies 5 Origins of Capitalism: Transcultural Trade or Pepper Travelling from India to England Georg Christ 6 Origins of Capitalism II: Medieval urban property markets: Thirteenth-century Coventry revisited Catherine Casson and Mark Casson 7 Counting cows and coins: Monitoring the economy through port records, and trade statistics in the early modern period Philipp R. Rössner 8 Historical account books as a source for quantitative history Nuno Palma 9 History through objects: The Example of Coins Philipp R. Rössner 10 The news and numbers: A guide to using digitized newspapers Sarah Roddy 11 Monsieur le Directeur : Letters and ‘Ordinary’ Investors in Modern France Alexia Yates Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 330.9; Economic history -- Methodology; Social history -- Methodology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429015441; 9780429015458; 9780429015434; 9780429506819
• Related ISBNs: 9781138581227; 9781138581234
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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