Population, welfare and economic change in Britain, 1290-1834. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Chris Briggs, P.M. Kitson, and S.J. Thompson.
• Editors: Briggs, Chris; Kitson, P. M (Peter M.); Thompson, Stephen J
• Contents: Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 European Marriage Patterns and their Implications: John Hajnal's Essay and Historical Demography during the Last Half-Century -- 2 The Population Geography of Great Britain c.1290: a Provisional Reconstruction -- 3 Mobility and Mortality: How Place of Origin Affected the Life Chances of Late Medieval Scholars at Winchester College and New College Oxford -- 4 Family and Welfare in Early Modern Europe: a North-South Comparison -- 5 Support for the Elderly during the 'Crisis' of the English Old Poor Law -- 6 Indoors or Outdoors? Welfare Priorities and Pauper Choices in the Metropolis under the Old Poor Law, 1718-1824 -- 7 Population Growth and Corporations of the Poor, 1660-1841 -- 8 Charity and Commemoration: a Berkshire Family and their Almshouse, 1675-1763 -- 9 The Institutional Context of Serfdom in England and Russia -- 10 Choices and Constraints in the Pre-Industrial Countryside -- 11 Some Commercial Implications of English Individualism -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Subjects: 330.942; Economics -- Great Britain -- History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference; HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain; Economic history; Economics; Social conditions; England -- Economic conditions -- 1066-1485; England -- Economic conditions -- 16th century; England -- Economic conditions -- 17th century; England -- Economic conditions -- 18th century; England -- Economic conditions -- 19th century; England -- Social conditions -- 1066-1485; England -- Social conditions -- 16th century; England -- Social conditions -- 17th century; England -- Social conditions -- 18th century; England -- Social conditions -- 19th century; England; Great Britain; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782043935; 1782043934
• Related ISBNs: 9781843839552; 1843839555
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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