A General View of the Rural Economy of England, 1538–1840 (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time)

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pp. xiv 216.paperback edition.”In rural England prior to the Industrial Revolution people generally married when they were not busy with work. Parish registers of marriage therefore form an important and innovative source for the study of economic change in this period. Dr Kussmaul employs marriage dates to identify three main patterns of work and risk (arable, pastoral and rural industrial) and more importantly to show the long-term changes in economic activities across 542 English parishes from the beginning of national marriage registration in 1538. No single historical landscape emerges. Instead A General View of the Rural Economy of England, 1538–1840 maps the changes in economic orientation from arable through regional specialization to rural industrialization and explores how these changes had implications for the extent of population growth in the early modern period. Dr Kussmaul’s study presents a view of early modern English economic history from a unique standpoint.”

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ISBN 0521458315
ISBN13 9780521458313
Number of pages 216
Original Title A General View of the Rural Economy of England, 1538–1840 (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time)
Published Date 2002
Book Condition Very good
Jacket Condition No Dustjacket
Binding Paperback
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Cambridge
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pp. xiv 216.paperback edition.”In rural England prior to the Industrial Revolution people generally married when they were not busy with work. Parish registers of marriage therefore form an important and innovative source for the study of economic change in this period. Dr Kussmaul employs marriage dates to identify three main patterns of work and risk (arable, pastoral and rural industrial) and more importantly to show the long-term changes in economic activities across 542 English parishes from the beginning of national marriage registration in 1538. No single historical landscape emerges. Instead A General View of the Rural Economy of England, 1538–1840 maps the changes in economic orientation from arable through regional specialization to rural industrialization and explores how these changes had implications for the extent of population growth in the early modern period. Dr Kussmaul’s study presents a view of early modern English economic history from a unique standpoint.”

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