Trade and Urban Development in Poland: An Economic Geography of Cracow, from Its Origins to 1795

by Francis W. Carter

Book Overview

This 1994 study uses the experience of Cracow to illuminate general patterns of trade and urban growth in central and eastern Europe over several centuries. Dr Carter emphasizes the spatial aspects of commodity analysis during the later medieval and early modern periods, and traces the impact of political circumstance on commercial progress and mercantile evolution. He describes the regions and places of especial significance for Cracow's trade development,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521024382
• ISBN13: 9780521024389
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"