Economic History
Books to explore
Industrial Letchworth
Author: Letchworth Local History Research Group
Format: Paperback
In this richly illustrated account, Letchworth Local History Research Group look in detail at the town’s foundation in the early 1900s and the energetic organisation and administration that enabled it to get off the ground quickly and successfully.
Managing for Posterity
Author: Elizabeth Griffiths
Format: Hardback
The Norfolk Gentry and their Estates c.1450–1700
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Bread and Ale for the Brethren
Author: Philip Slavin
Format: Paperback
The study of the food supply of late-medieval conventual households sheds much light on the wider process of decline and eventual collapse of direct demesne management in particular, and feudalism in general, in the post-Black Death era.
Cambridge and its Economic Region
Author: John S Lee
Format: Hardback
This book examines the relationship between a town and its region in the late medieval period. The population, wealth, trade and markets of Cambridge and its region are studied and the changes that took place over a century of economic and social transition are detailed.
Custom and Commercialisation in English Rural Society
Editor: James P Bowen , A.T. Brown
Format: Paperback
This book has an intentionally broad chronological span, ranging from the thirteenth century through to the eighteenth, exploring the interactions between custom and commercialisation during a key period in the economic development of English rural society.
Farmers, Consumers, Innovators
Editor: Richard Jones , Christopher Dyer
Format: Paperback
Joan Thirsk was the leading English agrarian historian of the late 20th century. This book is based on a conference held in her honour that was intended not to look back but rather to identify her relevance for historians now, and to present new work influenced and inspired by her.
Land and Family
Author: John Mullan , Richard Britnell
Format: Paperback
Trends and local variations in the peasant land market on the Winchester bishopric estates, 1263-1415.