Toni Pierenkemper presents his highly acclaimed textbook on economic history in a revised and updated edition. Those who read and study acquire knowledge. Once they have completed their studies, they want to work and earn money. But what is knowledge when viewed from an economic perspective? How did wage labor actually come into existence? And what lies behind the phenomenon of money? Learn more about these and other fascinating questions of economic history in our historical thematic volume: - Transformation of economic structures: from agrarian to industrial society - towards a service society? - Economic growth and increase in prosperity through the industrial revolution - Development of the labor market: wage labor, industrial workforce, and employees - Knowledge and educational investments, technology and technology transfer - Capital and banking.