The Account Book of Richard Latham, 1724-1767

ISBN-13: 9780197260920 / Twarda / 1990 / 328 str.

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Opis

This account book of a small yeoman farmer in Lancashire, running from 1724 (just after his marriage) to his death in 1767, provides a record of expenditure on domestic, personal and farming items. It is unique in offering a detailed view of household life and domestic economy in a stratum of society from which very few documents of any sort have survivied. Shedding light on the informal economy of the locality, entries cover payment for services, clothing, household goods, seeds, farming equipment, servants, medical expenses, books and education. A computer-generated concordance provides a comprehensive listing of all references likely to be of interest to historians.

Recenzje

'It provides an unusually detailed insight into the household and economy of a class whose records, originally not profuse at this period, have survived with the utmost rarity. It brings to life one of the larger, lower strata of Godfrey King's and Joseph Massie's social tables. The volume is succinctly introduced and sensibly edited. The index produced by the Micro Oxford Concordance Package is extensive and innovatory.' R.g. Wilson, University of East Anglia, Northern History