Chapter Social and economic mobility in preindustrial Europe

This article surveys and discusses the available literature on socio-economic mobility in preindustrial societies. Beginning with the mobility-promoting impact of the Black Death, the article explores more generally how “calamities” of various kinds offered (or not) opportunities for upward mobility...

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Main Author:	Alfani, Guido
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Firenze University Press 2025
Subjects:	social mobility socio-economic mobility economic inequality wealth poverty preindustrial Europe
Online Access:	ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221506679_76
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