The Vital Century: England's Economy 1714-1815

ISBN-13: 9780582494251 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 352 str.

John Rule; J. Rule

Opis

John Rule uses the latest scholarship for a comprehensive and magisterial review xxx; of population, output, agriculture, manufacture, labour, communications, towns, finance and domestic and overseas markets xxx; through which he reassesses the 'vital century' in which the contours of the modern economy first emerge to view.

Spis treści

List of abbreviations  List of figures.  List of tables.  Introductory Note.  Preface.  Acknowledgements.  1. Introduction.
2. Growth of population and output. 3. The agricultural economy.  4. The manufacturing economy.  5. Forms of enterprise in manufacturing.  6. Labour in manufacturing and mining.  7. Roadway and waterways.  8. Markets.  9. Money matters: debt, taxes and currency.  10. The vital century?  Select bibliography.  Index.

O autorze

John Rule