| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 386 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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Past and present publications
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Past and present publications.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-372) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Maps; Tables; Acknowledgements; Note on weights, measures, and currencies; Introduction; 1. Right and might (c. 1480-c. 1560); 2. The discrete society (c. 1480-c. 1560); 3. A crisis of numbers? (c. 1560-c. 1630); 4. Integrity and the market (c. 1560-c. 1630); 5. Living on borrowed time (c. 1560-c. 1630); 6. To empty and to refill (c. 1630-c. 1720); Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of places; General index. |
| Summary |
The most detailed reconstruction to date of peasant society in early modern Germany, focusing on the lands of the Benedictine monastery of Ottobeuren. Based on a mass of archival data, the book argues that the German rural economy performed much better than has previously been believed. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Peasants -- Germany -- Ottobeuren -- History.
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Peasants. |
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Germany -- Ottobeuren. |
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History. |
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Ottobeuren (Germany) -- Rural conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sreenivasan, Govind P. Peasants of Ottobeuren, 1487-1726. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004 (DLC) 2003047254 |
| ISBN |
0511211244 |
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9780511211249 |
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0521834708 (hardback) |
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9780521834704 (hardback) |
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0511216610 (electronic book) |
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9780511216619 (electronic book) |
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0511213018 |
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9780511213014 |
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0511214820 (electronic book) |
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9780511214820 (electronic book) |
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9780511496943 (ebook) |
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051149694X (ebook) |
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9786610540211 |
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6610540217 |
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MYILIB_CUp |
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