Background
He was born to a Jewish family in Bendery, in the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire, and studied at the Street Vladimir University in Kiev, leaving Russia in 1919 after the October Revolution and settling in the United Kingdom.
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Medieval Trade and Finance by M. M. Postan (1973-06-29)
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Essays on Medieval Agriculture and General Problems of the Medieval Economy by M. M. Postan (2008-10-30)
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Fact and Relevance: Essays on Historical Method
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A collection of fourteen essays in which Professor Postan draws together for the first time his contributions to the debate on historical method, and discusses from a variety of different angles, the inter-relation of history and the social sciences. After making, in his first three essays, a direct statement of his point of view, the author deals with two main aspects of the subject: time sequences and theoretical relevance of facts. He then proceeds to exemplify his point of view more particularly with relation to macro-economics and to certain specific issues within economic history as well as to economic history in general. In the final two chapters, one is on Karl Marx, the other on Hugh Gaitskell, he seeks to describe the intellectual climate in which the debate on methodology was held and in which his opinions on the subject were formed. The essays contained in this book will be of interest to all those involved in the social sciences, economics and history, as well as to those specifically concerned with historical methodology.
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Fact and Relevance: Essays on Historical Method FACT AND RELEVANCE: ESSAYS ON HISTORICAL METHOD By Postan, M. M. ( Author )Sep-11-2008 Paperback
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Medieval Trade and Finance
(Professor Postan's work on the social and economic histor...)
Professor Postan's work on the social and economic history of the Middle Ages has had an enormous influence upon the study of medieval history and upon the development of the subject. His essays represent his major contribution and are a unique and valuable addition to the literature. Twenty-two essays are gathered together into two volumes: Essays on Medieval Agriculture and General Problems of the Medieval Economy and Medieval Trade and Finance. Previously published elsewhere, frequently in obscure places, over a period from 1928 to 1972, they are still used today by students and scholars in all branches of medieval and economic history as well as by social scientists and economists more generally.
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(Essays on Medieval Agriculture and General Problems of the Medieval Economy ) Author: M. M. Postan Oct-2008
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British war production (History of the Second World War)
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Essays on Medieval Agriculture and General Problems of the Medieval Economy
(Professor Postan's work on the social and economic histor...)
Professor Postan's work on the social and economic history of the Middle Ages has had an enormous influence upon the study of the subject. His essays represent his major contribution and are an invaluable addition to the literature. Twenty-two essays are gathered together into two volumes. Previously published elsewhere, many in obscure places, over a period from 1928 to 1972, they are still greatly used and referred to today; their appearance in this more accessible form will be warmly welcomed by a wide range of students and scholars in all branches of medieval and economic history as well as by social scientists and economists generally. This volume contains such seminal pieces as The economic foundations of medieval society, The rise of a money economy, The chronology of labour services and The charters of the villeins.
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Michael Postan
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He had positions at University College London and at the London School of Economics, before being appointed Professor of Economic History at the University of Cambridge, from 1937. He was known worldwide as an economic historian of medieval Europe. Hobsbawn notes he was one of the best lecturers at Cambridge, adding, "Though passionately anti-communist, Postan was the only man in Cambridge who knew Marx, Weber, Sombart and the rest of the great central and East Europeans, and took their work sufficiently seriously to expound and criticize lieutenant".
Works
book
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Fact and Relevance: Essays on Historical Method
(A collection of fourteen essays in which Professor Postan...)
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Fact and Relevance: Essays on Historical Method
(A collection of fourteen essays in which Professor Postan...)
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Medieval Trade and Finance
(Professor Postan's work on the social and economic histor...)
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Essays on Medieval Agriculture and General Problems of the Medieval Economy
(Professor Postan's work on the social and economic histor...)
- Medieval Trade and Finance by M. M. Postan (1973-06-29)
- Essays on Medieval Agriculture and General Problems of the Medieval Economy by M. M. Postan (2008-10-30)
- Fact and Relevance: Essays on Historical Method FACT AND RELEVANCE: ESSAYS ON HISTORICAL METHOD By Postan, M. M. ( Author )Sep-11-2008 Paperback
- (Essays on Medieval Agriculture and General Problems of the Medieval Economy ) Author: M. M. Postan Oct-2008
- British war production (History of the Second World War)
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Fact and Relevance: Essays on Historical Method
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United Kingdom