The formation of capital has long been a key element underpinning British economic history. This brief but perspicacious volume contains four papers: an economist’s view on capital formation (Jeffrey H. Coates); availability of capital in the West of England woollen industry (Kenneth Ponting); capital formation and technological change in South-West England metal mining in the nineteenth century (Christopher Schmitz); a note on housebuilding in Exeter, 1867–1940 (Brian Clapp).
The formation of capital has long been a key element underpinning British economic history. This brief but perspicacious volume contains four paper...
The middle of the eighteenth century up to the Second World War was a period of dramatic and rapid social and economic change in Britain. This volume, collect five papers, covering:
- Ceremony, custom and ritual: some observations on social conflict in the rural community, 1750–1850
- The social structure of Lostwithiel in the early nineteenth century
- Secularisation and the care of the poor in Scotland
- Unemployment relief works in Southampton between the wars
- The voluntary response to mass unemployment in South Wales
The middle of the eighteenth century up to the Second World War was a period of dramatic and rapid social and economic change in Britain. This volu...
