Town and Country in Pre-Industrial Spain: Cuenca, 1540-1870 (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time)

This is an in-depth study of Cuenca, a hilltop town on the Castilian Meseta, from the middle of the 16th to the end of the 19th centuries. Dr Reher analyzes its socio-economic structures in the context of the urbanization of rural Spain, and shows how the history of the town is paradigmatic of the social, economic and demographic changes in urban areas of the Mediterranean basin.Based on many hitherto unpublished Spanish sources, this book is the first of its kind to come from the Iberian Peninsular. It aims to be relevent to any scholar interested in the general experience of urban development and relations with the countryside in early modern Europe.David Reher is the author of 'Town and Country in Pre-Industrial Spain: Cuenca, 1540-1870 (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time)', published 1990 under ISBN 9780521352925 and ISBN 0521352924.