TY - BOOK ID - 984319 TI - Peasants into farmers? The transformation of rural economy and society in the Low Countries (Middle Ages-19th century) in light of the Brenner debate AU - Hoppenbrouwers, Peter AU - van Zanden, Jan Luiten PY - 2001 VL - 4 SN - 250351006X 9782503510064 9782503537313 PB - Turnhout Brepols DB - UniCat KW - Agriculture KW - Rural development KW - Economic aspects KW - History of the Low Countries KW - anno 1200-1799 KW - anno 1800-1899 KW - Netherlands KW - Economic conditions. KW - Belgique KW - België KW - Histoire de l'agriculture KW - Landbouwgeschiedenis KW - Nederland KW - Pays-Bas KW - 63 <09> KW - 338 <09> KW - 301.3509493 KW - 338 <09> Economische geschiedenis KW - Economische geschiedenis KW - 63 <09> History of agriculture KW - History of agriculture KW - Social sciences Sociology Rural Communities Belgium KW - Community development, Rural KW - Development, Rural KW - Integrated rural development KW - Regional development KW - Rehabilitation, Rural KW - Rural community development KW - Rural economic development KW - Agriculture and state KW - Community development KW - Economic development KW - Regional planning KW - Citizen participation KW - Social aspects KW - Agriculture - Economic aspects - Netherlands KW - Rural development - Netherlands UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:984319 AB - Since his pioneering article of 1976 the American historian Robert P. Brenner has tried to come to terms with an issue that has puzzled historians for generations: how can we explain the differences in growth-patterns of North Western European countries in the transition from feudalism to capitalism. In a frontal attack on both the ‘(homeostatic) demographic’ and ‘commercialization’ models, Brenner traced the roots of the divergent evolutions back to rural and feudal ‘social-property relations’. In the debate that immediately followed Brenner’s first article, and in subsequent exchanges, the Low Countries were sorely neglected, although areas such as Flanders and Holland played a decisive role in the economic development of Europe. This was partly due to a lack of publications on Dutch rural history in foreign languages. This volume aims to fill this lacuna. It draws upon substantial research, and confronts the Brenner thesis with new results and hypotheses; and it contains a powerful and detailed response by Brenner himself. ER -