The Agrarian Economy of Sixteenth-Century Sweden: 35 (Stockholm studies in economy history) - Softcover

Soderberg, Johan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 919743051X ISBN 13: 9789197430517

Publisher: Almqvist & Wiksell Internat., 2002

Synopsis

This volume provides a broad picture of the economic development of Sweden during the sixteenth century. The source material available for exploring agrarian change during this era is in some respects perhaps the best in Europe, comprising more than two million pages of tax records in the archives.
Results are discussed and interpreted against a broad background of international research, where the Swedish case can illustrate general European tendencies. The regional division of labour, the wealth of the peasants and the tendencies towards market expansion are examined. New ways of exploiting the resources of the landscape, involving the effectivization of the use of marginal lands, are studied.

About this title

About the Author:

Janken Myrdal is Professor of Agrarian History at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

About this edition

• Publisher: Almqvist & Wiksell Internat.
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 919743051X
• ISBN 13: 9789197430517
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 245