Chapters from The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 1, Economic Change: Prices, Wages, Profits and Rents, 1500-1750

by Peter J. Bowden

Overview

Chapters from The Agrarian History of England and Wales, volumes IV and V part II, now appear for the first time in five paperback volumes, designed primarily for a student readership. Dealing respectively with pieces, wages, profits and rents; estate management and the condition of the farm labourer; agricultural techniques and enclosure; marketing; and rural building, these studies bring together the fruits of co-operative scholarship from authorities on the social and economic history of rural England and Wales in the early modern period. To set each subject in context and to update material where necessary, new introductions have been written by the authors of each volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521368841
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/01/1990
Series:	Agrarian History of England and Wales SE
Pages:	444
Product dimensions:	0.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 5.98(d)

Table of Contents

List of text-figures and tables; Editor's preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Agricultural prices, farm profits and rents, 1500–1640; 2. Statistical appendix, 1500–1640; 3. Select bibliography, 1500–1640; 4. Agricultural prices, wages, farm profits and rents, 1640–1750; 5. Statistical appendix, 1640–1750; 6. Selected bibliography, 1640–1750; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...a treasure...places England in the vanguard of scholarship on the social and economic history of modern Europe." English Historical Review

"...will remain an authoritative work of reference for many years to come." The Times Higher Education Supplement

"...an outstanding achievement in scholarship and will remain the standard work of reference." British Book News

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