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050 $aHD1943$b.H64 1996
050 00 $aHD1943$b.H64 1996
082 00 $a338.1/0944$220
100 1 $aHoffman, Philip T.,$d1947-
245 10 $aGrowth in a traditional society :$bthe French
countryside, 1450-1815 /$cPhilip T. Hoffman.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University
Press,$cc1996.
300 $axiv, 361 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
440 4 $aThe Princeton economic history of the Western
world.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.
[345]-353) and index.
590 $abmm.
520 1 $a"Making a strong case for the use of economic
analysis in studying history and culture, Philip Hoffman
shatters the widespread myth that traditional agricultural
societies in early modern Europe were socially and
economically stagnant - and ultimately depended on
wide-scale political revolution for their growth. Through a
richly detailed historical investigation of the peasant
agriculture of ancien-regime France, the author uncovers
evidence that requires a new understanding of what
constituted economic growth in such societies. His arguments
rest on a measurement of long-term growth that enables him
to analyze the economic, institutional, and political
factors that explain its forms and rhythms."--BOOK JACKET.
"In comparing France with England and Germany, Hoffman
arrives at fresh answers to some classic questions: Did
French agriculture lag behind farming in other countries? If
so, did the obstacles in French agriculture lurk within
peasant society itself, in the peasants' culture, in their
communal property rights, or in the small scale of their
farms? Or did the obstacles hide elsewhere, in politics, in
the tax system, or in meager opportunities for trade? The
author discovers that growth cannot be explained by culture,
property rights, or farm size, and argues that the real
causes of growth derived from politics and gains from trade.
By challenging other widely held beliefs, such as the nature
of the commons and the workings of the rural economy,
Hoffman offers a new analysis of peasant society and
culture, one based on microeconomics and game theory and
intended for a wide range of social scientists."--BOOK
JACKET.
650 0 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$zFrance$xHistory.
650 0 $aAgricultural productivity$zFrance$xHistory.
651 0 $aFrance$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aFrance$xRural conditions.
970 01 $tList of Illustrations
970 01 $tList of Tables
970 01 $tAcknowledgments
970 01 $tList of Abbreviations
970 01 $tIntroduction$p3
970 11 $lCh. 1$tPeasants, Historians, and Economic
Growth$p12
970 11 $lCh. 2$tCommon Rights and the Village
Community$p21
970 11 $lCh. 3$tLabor Markets, Rental Markets, and Credit
in the Local Economy$p35
970 11 $lCh. 4$tAgricultural Productivity in France,
1450-1789$p81
970 11 $lCh. 5$tExplaining Productivity in a Traditional
Economy$p143
970 01 $lCh. 6$tConclusion$p193
970 11 $tAppendix A: The Methods and Sources Used with the
Notre Dame Sample$p206
970 11 $tAppendix B: Measuring TFP with Other Samples of
Leases$p238
970 11 $tAppendix C: The Economics of Urban
Fertilizer$p266
970 11 $tAppendix D: Hedonic Wage Regressions$p268
970 01 $tNotes$p273
970 01 $tSources and Bibliography$p345
970 01 $tIndex$p355
