These essays were prepared for a conference held in Tallinn, Ethiopia, under the auspices of teh Soviet Academy of Sciences, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the International Research and Exchanges Board.

Nine papers consider problems in American, French, and British history that range from economic history to political behavior and social structure. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Abstract: Contents: I. The State of the Debate - Konrad H. Jarausch: (Inter-)national Styles of Quantitative History (5-18); Charles Tilly: Formalization and Quantification in Historical Analysis (19-29); Heinrich Best, Wilhelm Heinz Schröder: Quantitative Historical Social Research: The German Experience (48). II. Social Inequality in Comparative Perspective - Hartmut Kaelble: Social Inequality in the 19th and 20th Centuries: Some Introductory Remarks (49-57); Johan Söderberg: Trends in Inequality in Sweden, 1700-1914 (58-78); Olivier Zunz: The Collar Line: Clerical Workers in America at the Turn of the Century (79-93); Janusz Zarnowski: Social Inequalities in 20th Century Poland (94-112). III. Economic, Social, and Political Transitions - Patrice Bourdelais: Transitions from Agricultural to Industrial Societies: Some Introductory Remarks (113-119); John Komlos: Patterns of Children's Growth in East-Central Europe in the Eighteenth Century (120-141); Fausto Dopico: The Transformation of Spa

In Agricultural Development in Qing China: A Quantitative Study, 1661-1911 SHI Zhihong offers for the first time an overview of agricultural development in Qing China in the English language. Being by far the largest sector in one of the largest economies in the world, understanding its development is crucial not only for agricultural studies, but also to advance economic debates such as on the Great Divergence. Combining the recent quantitative paradigm with the more traditional scholarly approach, this book uses a great number of primary sources to arrive at new and revised estimates of crucial indicators such as land acreage, crop yield, pasture, and total output. Its main conclusion is that a serious economic and social problem occurred since the mid-Qing, where agriculture was increasingly less able to feed a growing population, which was a major factor contributing to the growing crisis in the rule of the dynasty.

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This volume presents the result of the efforts of Soviet and American scholars at direct co-operation. The result is a work which will be of great interest to quantitative historians in the West, and Western historians who specialise in the study of the USSR. Essays focus both on methodological issues and substantive issues. The substantive issues focus on Agro-Economic History, Social History, and Textual Provenance. The end result is a thorough study of facts about pre- and post-revolutionary Russia (many of them previously unearthed) as well as an examination of the methods used by Soviet qualitative historians in interpreting statistics.

Material from The Agrarian History of England and Wales, in paperback with new introductions.

Material from The Agrarian History of England and Wales, in paperback with new introductions.