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Famine, Disease and the Social Order in Early Modern Society - Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time Roger S Schofield
Famine, Disease and the Social Order in Early Modern Society - Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time
Roger S Schofield
Although Western societies cannot escape from images of famine in the present world, their direct experience of widespread hunger has receded into the past. England was one of the very first countries to escape from the shadow of famine; in this volume a team of distinguished economic, social and demographic historians analyses why.
352 pages, 21 b/w illus. 11 tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 26, 1991 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521406130 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Genre | Chronological Period > 16th Century |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 20 mm · 520 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Schofield, Roger (Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure) |
| Editor | Walter, John (University of Essex) |