The Wheels of Commerce
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.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Year
- 1992
- ISBN-13
- 9780520081154
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Pre-industrial economic historyMaterial life and daily cultureTrade and commerce
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