New Directions in Economic and Social History
β Scribed by Anne Digby, Charles Feinstein (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 207
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Agricultural Revolution? England, 1540β1850....Pages 9-21
Parliamentary Enclosures: Gains and Costs....Pages 22-34
The Highland Clearances....Pages 35-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Domesday Book after 900 Years....Pages 51-63
The Industrial Revolution: Economic Growth in Britain, 1700β1860....Pages 64-75
British Imperialism: a Review and a Revision....Pages 76-88
The Rise and Fall of the Managed Economy....Pages 89-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Population Growth: England, 1680β1820....Pages 105-116
Standards of Living and Industrialisation....Pages 117-129
Women and Society: Continuity and Change since 1870....Pages 130-142
The British Welfare State: Its Origins and Character....Pages 143-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Chartism....Pages 157-169
The Labour Aristocracy in the British Class Structure....Pages 170-181
Social Control in Modern Britain....Pages 182-195
Back Matter....Pages 196-203
β¦ Subjects
History of Britain and Ireland; Social History; Economic History
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