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New Directions in Economic and Social History

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  • © 1989
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Editors:
  1. Anne Digby
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  2. Charles Feinstein
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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Anne Digby, Charles Feinstein
      Pages 1-6

  3. Agriculture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Agricultural Revolution? England, 1540–1850

      • M. Overton
      Pages 9-21

    3. Parliamentary Enclosures: Gains and Costs

      • M. E. Turner
      Pages 22-34

    4. The Highland Clearances

      • T. M. Devine
      Pages 35-48

  4. Economy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Domesday Book after 900 Years

      • S. Harvey
      Pages 51-63

    3. The Industrial Revolution: Economic Growth in Britain, 1700–1860

      • N. F. R. Crafts
      Pages 64-75

    4. British Imperialism: a Review and a Revision

      • A. G. Hopkins
      Pages 76-88

    5. The Rise and Fall of the Managed Economy

      • R. Middleton
      Pages 89-101

  6. Labour

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Chartism

      • E. Royle
      Pages 157-169

    3. The Labour Aristocracy in the British Class Structure

      • R. J. Morris
      Pages 170-181

    4. Social Control in Modern Britain

      • F. M. L. Thompson
      Pages 182-195
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Based on articles first published in Refresh (Recent Findings in Economic and Social History), this volume provides succinct updates for students and lecturers alike on the key topics studied in economic and social history. All the articles are written in a clear and readable way, by leading historians. They analyse the problems and debates surrounding the issues under discussion, and introduce the new directions which research is taking.

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