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

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