2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
| Project/Area Number |
23653086
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Economic history
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
KAWANA Yoh 東北大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 教授 (70312527)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 公式・非公式 / 自治都市 / 商業化 / 市場 / コーポレーション / カンパニー / 都市景観 / 市民 |
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| Research Abstract |
It is a commonplace to say that urban commerce and industry became the driving force of the precocious economic growth of Western Europe in the medieval and early modern periods, but our understanding can be further enriched by analysing them in the much wider social context of civic society. This research project explores the origins of civic society with particular reference to the formal and informal forces which affected the formation of public and commercial institutions in major urban centres in Europe. The aim of the project is to further our historical understanding of the urban process which emerged well before the age of rapid industrialization.
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