A Concise Economic History of Britain
From the Earliest Times to 1750

Economic history is the story of man's work, particularly in agriculture trade, and manufacture.

John Clapham (Author)

9780521092166, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 January 1949

344 pages
19.8 x 12.9 x 1.9 cm, 0.34 kg

Review of the hardback: 'No single work of Clapham's exposes more clearly than this volume the character of his contribution and interest in economic history.' W.W.Rostow in American Economic Review.

Economic history is the story of man's work, particularly in agriculture trade, and manufacture. This book presents a panorama of work in Britain, as it increases in skill and complexity, through the ages that separate hunters of the prehistoric forests from the first beginnings of a modern highly organized industrial state.

Book I. From the earliest time to A.D. 1100: 1. Prehistoric Britain
2. The roman era
3. Saxons and Normans
Book II. From A.D. 1100 to A.D. 1500: 4. Agriculture and rural society
5. Trade and industry
Public policy and economic doctrine
Book III. From A.D. 1500 to A.D. 1750: 6. Britain in the early modern period
7. Agriculture and rural society
8. Industry, gilds and trade clubs
9. Trading companies, finance and public policy
Index.

Subject Areas: Economics [KC]