Economic policy and projects : the development of a consumer society in early modern England
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Economic policy and projects : the development of a consumer society in early modern England
Clarendon, 1988, c1978
Available at 9 libraries
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Originally published: 1978
Reprinted (new as paperback) 1988
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is an analysis of the transformation of society during the 16th and 17th centuries as a result of the diversification of English industry. This development was largely fostered by the government, eager to reduce expensive imports and to lessen dependence on foreign wares. The new occupations employed great numbers of men, women and children and thus helped to absorb the growing population into the economy, fostering the growth of a consumer society. Political economists thereafter formulated a new view of the economy, emphasizing the role of labour in creating wealth.
Table of Contents
- The constructive phase of projects 1540-1580
- the scandalous phase, part I 1580-1601
- the scandalous phase, part II 1601-1624
- the quality of goods and the quality of clients
- projects and political economy. Appendices: 1 - foreign wares imported into London in 1559 and 1564-1565
- 2 - miscellaneous goods exported from London, Michaelmas 1662 to Michaelmas 1663.
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