Description
By examining in detail the material life of pre-industrial peoples around the world, Fernand Braudel significantly changed the way historians view their subject. Volume I describes food and drink, dress and housing, demography and family structure, energy and technology, money and credit, and the growth of towns.
Author: Fernand Braudel
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 12/23/1992
Pages: 624
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.50w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780520081147
ISBN10: 0520081145
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Renaissance
- History | Modern | General
- History | World | General
Author: Fernand Braudel
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 12/23/1992
Pages: 624
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.50w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780520081147
ISBN10: 0520081145
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Renaissance
- History | Modern | General
- History | World | General
About the Author
Fernand Braudel (1902-1985) taught at the Collège de France and was a member of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. He is the author of The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, among other titles.