Nutrition And Economic Development In The Eighteenthcentury Habsburg Monarchy

John Komlos Examines The Industrial Expansion Of Austria From AFresh Viewpoint And Develops ANew Model For The Industrial RevolutionBy Integrating Recent Advances In The Study Of Human Biology And Nutrition As They Relate To Physical Stature, Population Growth, And Levels Of Economic Development, He Reveals An Intense Malthusian Crisis In The Habsburg Lands During The Second Half Of The Eighteenth CenturyAt That Time Food Shortages Brought About By The Accelerated Population Growth Of The s Forced The Government To Adopt AReform Program That Opened The Way For The Beginning Of The Industrial Revolution In Austria And In The Czech CrownlandsComparing This 'austrian Model' Of Economic Growth To The Industrial Revolution In Britain, Komlos Argues That The Model Is General Enough To Explain Demographic And Economic Growth Elsewhere In Europedespite Obvious Regional DifferencesThe Main Feature Of The Model Is The Interplay Between APersistent, Even If Small, Tendency To Accumulate Capital And APopulation With An Underlying Tendency To Grow In Numbers While Remaining Subject To Malthusian Checks, Particularly ALimited Availability Of FoodAccording To Komlos, Modern Economic Growth In Europe Began When The Food Constraint Was Finally Lifted.originally Published In .the Princeton Legacy Library Uses The Latest Printondemand Technology To Again Make Available Previously Outofprint Books From The Distinguished Backlist Of Princeton University PressThese Editions Preserve The Original Texts Of These Important Books While Presenting Them In Durable Paperback And Hardcover EditionsThe 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 .
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