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OverviewThe inspiration for this book comes from the words of Adam Smith: `Consumption is the sole end of and purpose of all production....' This book concentrates, in that spirit, on people rather on things; it describes the overall income and wealth of Britain, its growth, and how that income and wealth was produced by and distributed between different people in the population. Population growth has a central place, as do the changes in home and workplace, in the transformation of the lives of successive generations in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Between 1830 and 1914 Britain became the world's major trading nation, carrier of the majority of the world's goods, by far the largest investor overseas, and the centre of the world's financial system. It was an exceptional time in the history of the country and one to which many look back, even a hundred years later, with nostalgia. This book seeks to describe and assess what was achieved in those eighty-five years. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Roderick Floud (Provost, Provost, London Guildhall University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 19.70cm Weight: 0.195kg ISBN: 9780192892102ISBN 10: 019289210 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 24 April 1997 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Income and Wealth 3: Uncertainty and Risk 4: Population Change 5: Households: Consumption and Investment 6: Changing Workplaces 7: Food and Agriculture 8: Manufacturing 9: Extracting 10: Not Making, Digging, or Growing 11: The Open Economy 12: Economic Rules Conclusion 1. Introduction 2. Income and Wealth 3. Uncertainty and Risk 4. Population Change 5. Households: Consumption and Investment 6. Changing Workplaces 7. Food and Agriculture 8. Manufacturing 9. Extracting 10. Not Making, Digging, or Growing 11. The Open Economy 12. Economic Rules Conclusion 1. Introduction 2. Income and Wealth 3. Uncertainty and Risk 4. Population Change 5. Households: Consumption and Investment 6. Changing Workplaces 7. Food and Agriculture 8. Manufacturing 9. Extracting 10. Not Making, Digging, or Growing 11. The Open Economy 12. Economic Rules Conclusion 1. Introduction 2. Income and Wealth 3. Uncertainty and Risk 4. Population Change 5. Households: Consumption and Investment 6. Changing Workplaces 7. Food and Agriculture 8. Manufacturing 9. Extracting 10. Not Making, Digging, or Growing 11. The Open Economy 12. Economic Rules ConclusionReviews`It is to Roderick Floud's credit that he does not allow his brisk survey to be sucked wholesale into the voluminous, increasingly stale literature of decline. There is much to admire in Floud's well-researched, eminently judicious treatment. His chapter on population change is as authoritative as one would expect from a pioneer of quantitative economic history, while he informs some of his more recondite topics with pleasing detail.' Times Literary Supplement It is to Roderick Floud's credit that he does not allow his brisk survey to be sucked wholesale into the voluminous, increasingly stale literature of decline. There is much to admire in Floud's well-researched, eminently judicious treatment. His chapter on population change is as authoritative as one would expect from a pioneer of quantitative economic history, while he informs some of his more recondite topics with pleasing detail. * Times Literary Supplement * It is to Roderick Floud's credit that he does not allow his brisk survey to be sucked wholesale into the voluminous, increasingly stale literature of decline. There is much to admire in Floud's well-researched, eminently judicious treatment. His chapter on population change is as authoritative as one would expect from a pioneer of quantitative economic history, while he informs some of his more recondite topics with pleasing detail. Times Literary Supplement Author InformationRoderick Floud is Provost of London Guildhall University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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