1st Edition

An Economic History of England: the Eighteenth Century

By T.S. Ashton Copyright 2006
272 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

T.S. Ashton has sought less to cover the field of economic history in detail than to offer a commentary, with a stress on trends of development rather than on forms of organization or economic legislation. This book seeks to interpret the growth of population, agriculture, maufacture, trade and finance in eighteenth-century England. It throws light on economic fluctuations and on the changing... Read more

1. The People of England  2. Agriculture and its Products  3. Internal Trade and Transport  4. Manufactures  5. Overseas Trade and Shipping  6. Money, Banking and Foreign Exchange  7. Labour

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T.S. Ashton