Chapter Looking for the islands of equality in a sea of inequality. Why did some societies in pre-industrial Europe have relatively low levels of wealth inequality?

This paper scrutinizes the insights won by recent studies in wealth inequality in pre-industrial Europe. It focuses on the regions and periods where levels of inequality were relatively low, trying to arrive at an inventory of causes of these exceptions. It discusses catastrophic events, colonizatio...

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Autor Principal:	Van Bavel, Bas
Formato:	Online
Idioma:	inglés
Publicado:	Firenze University Press 2022
Subjects:	Economic inequality economic history European economic history pre-industrial age
Acceso en liña:	ONIX_20220601_9788855180535_219
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