1st Edition
The Transformation of England Essays in the Economics and Social History of England in the Eighteenth Century
Acknowledgements Preface Part I: Themes 1. British industrialization: unique or not? 2. Skills and the diffusion of innovations from Britain in the eighteenth century 3. Who unbound Prometheus? Science and technical change, 1600–1800 4. Science and technology during the Industrial Revolution: some general problems 5. Capital, credit and enterprise in the Industrial Revolution 6. Taxation and industrialization in Britain, 1700–1870 7. Adam’s burden: historical diagnoses of poverty 8. Leisure and wages in theory and practice Part II: Topics 9. The social structure in the eighteenth century: a calculation by Joseph Massie 10. The people’s money in the eighteenth century: the Royal Mint, trade tokens and the economy
Biography
Peter Mathias was Chichele Professor of Economic History in the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College.
