A History of Agriculture and Prices in England

From the Year After the Oxford Parliament (1259) to the Commencement of the Continental War (1793)
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-03658-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 388 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 546 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - History

Since early times, agriculture has been pivotal to England's economy. This is the two-part seventh in a magisterial seven-volume, eight-piece compilation by the economist James E. Thorold Rogers (1823-90), which represents the most complete record of produce costs in England between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. Drawing on a variety of sources including college archives and the Public Record Office, Rogers documents the fluctuating prices of commodities such as livestock, wheat, hay, wool, textiles and labour in a time of great economic change, when the growing economy of the early middle ages was shaken by famine and the Black Death, and then gradually recovered towards the Agrarian Revolution. First published in 1902 (and edited by Rogers' son), Part 1 presents data from 1703 to 1793, showing the prices of a range of products across the country; Part 2 consists of further documentary information collected by Rogers for the work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rogers, James E. Thorold

Rogers, Arthur G. L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part II: Introduction
1. Notes from the Cholmeley and Howard papers
2. Gifts made by All Souls
3. Income of All Souls from 1764–5 to 1793–4
4. Contrast of prices 1710–11
5. Estimated produce of wool
6. An account of investments and losses in the bubbles
7. A statement of wages appointed by the justices in the West Riding of Yorkshire
8. An account of the prices of labour, about 1797, from Mortimer's Art of Husbandry
9. An account of the prices of labour, about 1727, from Edward Laurence's Duty of a Steward
10. A statement of wages appointed by the justices in the counties of Kent and Gloucester
11. Tables illustrating the rates of wages paid in various parts of England, extracted from Arthur Young's Tour
12. An account of the profits arising from the farm at Holkham, and the disbursements for management
13. Prices of stock – South Sea Company
14. Prices of stock – Bank of England
15. Prices of stock – East India Company
16. Prices of stock – Consolidated Three per Cents
Index