During the seven hundred years Before the Industrial Revolution, the stage was set for Europe\'s transformation from a backward agrarian society to a powerful industrialized society.
In so doing, he sheds light not only on the economic factors but on the culture surrounding them..
Cipolla explores the process that made this transformation possible.
An economic historian of international reputation, Carlo M.
During the seven hundred years Before the Industrial Revolution, the stage was set for Europe\'s transformation from a backward agrarian society to a powerful industrialized society