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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Skilled Compositor 18501914 An Aristocrat Among Working Men Modern Economic and Social History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Britain and the Economic Problem of the Cold War
Book SynopsisMany accounts of British development since 1945 have attempted to discover why Britain experienced slower rates of economic growth than other Western European countries. In many cases, the explanation for this phenomenon has been attributed to the high level of defence spending that successive British post-war governments adhered to. Yet is it fair to assume that Britain''s relative economic decline could have been prevented if policy makers had not spent so much on defence? Examining aspects of the political economy and economic impact of British defence expenditure in the period of the first cold war (1945-1955), this book challenges these widespread assumptions, looking in detail at the link between defence spending and economic decline. In contrast to earlier studies, Till Geiger not only analyses the British effort within the framework of Anglo-American relations, but also places it within the wider context of European integration. By reconsidering the previously accepted exTrade Review’Overall this book makes an important contribution to the subject of the political economy of British defense spending in the decade after the Second World War... The author provides us with a thorough tour and critique of the existing literature and relevant historical sources. He is scrupulous in dealing with different views, and he asks occasionally difficult questions, but ultimately he guides his reader to conclusions that derive from careful argumentation and balanced considerations.’ Business History ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Introduction: Britain and the economic problem of the cold war: themes and questions. Part I the political economy of British defence expenditure: Securing the people’s peace: reflections on the anachronistic nature of the British warfare state in the early cold war, 1945-55; An antagonistic partnership: Britain and American economic assistance, 1945-50; 'Tied to the tail of a Kilkenny cat'?: the Anglo-American relationship, British rearmament and the political crisis of 1951. Part II British defence production policy: ’The next war is bound to come’: defence production policy, supply departments and defence contractors in Britain, 1945-57; The wasting of high technological potential?: the British warfare state, the aircraft industry and technological nationalism, 1950-58; Maintaining the war potential: rearmament and productivity in the British ammunition industry in the 1950s. Part III the economic impact of British defence expenditure: The British defence effort and investment during the transition from war to peace, 1945-55; Britain and the economic impact of the Korean war; Too much defence, too little peace production?: the British capital-goods industry, regional development and the Korean war rearmament. Conclusion: Britain and the economic problem of the first cold war: reconsidering the political economy and economic impact of British defence expenditure, 1945-55; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Municipal Services and Employees in the Modern City New Historic Approaches Historical Urban Studies S
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Industrial Reorganization and Government Policy in Interwar Britain Modern Economic and Social History
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Taylor & Francis Europes Third World The European Periphery in the Interwar Years Modern Economic Social History S
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Industrial Clusters and Regional Business
Book SynopsisAlthough economists have long recognised industrial districts as one of the key features of many economies, it is only recently that attention has been focused on the region as an effective means of generating accurate insights into the larger picture of economic performance. This renewed interest in regional issues has also placed at centre stage the role played by networks as a principal organisational feature of the local business community, providing scholars with a rich topic for investigation and debate. Recent work has shown that universal generalisations concerning the impact of networking on the performance of industrial clusters lack credibility, highlighting the consequent need to compare the role played by business networks in a variety of regions. Using a copious range of research material examining several British regions, this volume poses a series of fundamental questions about the nature of industrial clusters and networks. Particular attention is paid to identifying the basic characteristics of a network, outlining how they evolved in key industrial clusters, and assessing their impact on industrial performance, both regionally and nationally. The durability of such networks is another key thread that runs through the essays, prompting comparison with industrial clusters in Britain and abroad. These are issues which stimulate discussion on a wide range of factors within the disciplines of business, economic and social history.Trade Review'... this book should be welcomed by historians for the quality of the scholarship, the careful editorial policy, and the contribution to wider debates.' Albion 'This set of essays [...] provides a powerful correctlve to much of the received wisdom concerning the historical role of networks and clustering in British economic development.' Enterprise & SocietyTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Districts, networks and clusters in England: an introduction, John F. Wilson and Andrew Popp; An economic approach to regional business networks, M.C. Casson; The Manchester industrial district, 1750-1939: clustering, networking and performance, John F. Wilson and John Singleton; Networks, corporate governance and the decline of the Lancashire textile industry, 1860-1980, Steve Toms and Igor Filatotchev; Much ado about nothing? Regional business networks and the performance of the cotton and woollen textile industries, c.1919-1939, Sue Bowden and David Higgins; Banks, communities and manufacturing in West Yorkshire textiles, c.1800-1830, Steven Caunce; Capital networks in the Sheffield region, 1850-1885, Lucy Newton; Quaker networks and the industrial development of Darlington, 1780-1870, Gillian Cookson; The British glove industry 1750-1970: the advantages and vulnerability of a regional industry, Richard Coopey; 'Malefactors and honourable men': the making of commercial honesty in 19th century industrial Birmingham, Francesca Carnevali; Networks and industrial restructuring: the Widnes District and the formation of the United Alkali Company, 1890, Andrew Popp; Business networks, social habits and the evolution of a regional industrial cluster: Coventry 1880s-1930s, Roger Lloyd-Jones and M.J. Lewis; A false dawn? Military procurement and Manchester industrial district, 1935-1960, Till Geiger; Conclusion; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Law and Economics
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Taylor & Francis Deliberation and Decision
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Taylor & Francis Transnational Labour History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Crisis and Renewal in Twentieth Century Banking Exploring the History and Archives of Banking at Times of Political and Social Stress Studies in Banking and Financial History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Insuring the Industrial Revolution Fire Insurance
Book SynopsisFire had always been one of the greatest threats to an early modern British society that relied on the naked flame as the prime source of heating, lighting and cooking. Yet whilst the danger of fire had always been taken seriously, it was not until the start of the eighteenth century that a sophisticated system of insurance became widely available. Whilst a number of high profile fires during the seventeenth century had drawn attention to the economic havoc a major conflagration could wreak, it was not until the effects of sustained industrialization began to alter the economic and social balance of the nation, that fire insurance really took off as a concept. The culmination of ten years of research, this book is the definitive work on early British fire insurance. It also provides a foundation for future comparative international studies of this important financial service, and for a greater level of theorising by historians about the relationship between insurance, perceptions of risk, economic development and social change. Through a detailed study of the archives of nearly 50 English and Scottish insurance companies founded between 1696 and 1850 - virtually all the records currently available - together with the construction of many new datasets on output, performance and markets, this book presents one of the most comprehensive histories ever written of a financial service. As well as measuring the size, market structure and growth rate of insurance, and the extent to which the first industrial revolution was insured, it also demonstrates ways in which insurance can be linked into wider issues of economic and social change in Britain. These range from an examination of the joint-stock company form of organization - to an analysis of changing attitudes towards fire hazard during the course of the eighteenth century. The book concludes by emphasising the ambivalent character of fire insurance in eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain, contrasting the industry's dynamic long-run rate of growth with its more conservative attitude to product design and diversification.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2004 Wadsworth Prize for Business History, awarded by the UK Business Archives Council for the best book in business history. '... meticulously researched... this monograph, the result of over a decade's research, makes a major contribution not only to insurance history, but also to British economic history and, in parts, to the social history of industrialization. With extensive footnotes containing a mine of detailed comparative evidence, Pearson has produced a first-class study of an industry that underwent major structural and cultural changes between 1700 and 1850.' Economic History Review 'Despite its rather obvious importance to modern economic development, the history of fire and property insurance has been largely neglected. Until now that is. Robin Pearson's exhaustively researched and meticulously argued study [...] offers the definitive history of the British Fire Insurance industry through the middle of the nineteenth century. Even more critically, Pearson establishes just how integral property insurance was to the industrial revolution. Insuring the Industrial Revolution is a singular achievement. Robin Pearson demonstrates that fire insurance played a consequential, if sometimes ambivalent, role in the industrial revolution. He also provides a roadmap that future scholars in this area will follow when constructing their own studies of the history of fire insurance. I hope that this fine study garners the wide audience it deserves.' EH.NET 'Pearson has done a superb job [...] to assemble the only truly comprehensive history of the British fire insurance industry to date.' Enterprise & Society 'This is a carefully crafted book that fully achieves its objectives.' Urban HistoryTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Fire insurance and British economic growth, 1700-1850; Part I: The fire insurance markets of Georgian London; Provincial fire insurance in the 18th century; Insurance in wartime, 1782-1815; Insurance in and out of crisis, 1815-50; Part II: Company foundation; Marketing; Underwriting; Investments; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Estates Enterprise and Investment at the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution Estate Management and Accounting in the NorthEast of England c17001780 Modern Economic and Social History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd From Physick to Pharmacology Five Hundred Years of British Drug Retailing The History of Retailing and Consumption
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Robert Stephenson The Eminent Engineer
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Taylor & Francis Perceptions of Retailing in Early Modern England The History of Retailing and Consumption
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Taylor & Francis Textiles in the Pacific 15001900 12 The Pacific World Lands Peoples and History of the Pacific 15001900
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Taylor & Francis Rich Apparel Clothing and the Law in Henry VIIIs England
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Vilfredo Paretos Sociology A Framework for Political Psychology Rethinking Classical Sociology
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Medicine Charity and Mutual Aid The Consumption of Health and Welfare in Britain c15501950 Historical Urban Studies S
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Taylor & Francis Women and the Making of Built Space in England 18701950
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Crime Gender and Consumer Culture in NineteenthCentury England
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Rise of the Amsterdam Market and Information Exchange
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Stories from Home English Domestic Interiors 17501850 History of Retailing and Consumption
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The International Order of Asia in the 1930s and 1950s Modern Economic and Social History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Popularization of Malthus in Early NineteenthCentury England Martineau Cobbett and the Pauper Press Modern Economic and Social History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Expert Consumer Associations and
Book SynopsisRecent work has focused on the politics of consumption and its manifestation in a number of situations. This volume extends these debates, providing a tighter focus and contributing to a noticeable gap in the field that numerous scholars are beginning to turn towards: that is, organizations of consumers themselves who have chosen to speak for all consumers and similar such bodies of experts which act on behalf of consumers. The volume is fortunate in drawing upon a number of scholars who are about to publish major works on the subject, but who are happy to provide summary versions of their work for the volume. The book pays particular attention to specific moments in consumer mobilization and expertise, capturing the range of types of expert consumers across the twentieth century, from ethical consumer groups at the beginning, to intellectuals, housewives, economists and public officials. It addresses questions on the nature of consumer organizing, which bodies can speak for consumerTrade Review’Drawing substantially on primary research, the book provides a tantalizing insight into multiplicity of forms of consumer representation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries...’ Journal of Design History ’The Expert Consumer is a valuable book that should be of particular interest to American readers who want to learn about developments in Western Europe.’ Business History ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction, Alain Chatriot, Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel and Matthew Hilton. Part 1 Early Consumer Activism: 'Through the medium of their pockets': sabbatarianism, free produce, non-intercourse and the significance of 'early modern' consumer activism, Lawrence B. Glickman; The moral expertise of the British consumer, c. 1900: a debate between the Christian Social Union and the Webbs, Julien Vincent; Consumers' leagues in France: a transatlantic perspective, Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel. Part 2 Consumer Expertise in War and Peace: Educating consumers, representing consumers: reforming the marketplace through scientific expertise at the Bureau of Home Economics, United States Department of Agriculture, 1923-40, Carolyn M. Goldstein; The enemy within: food, nutrition experts and consumers in French-speaking Switzerland, 1900-46, Joëlle Droux; Shopping for an 'economic miracle': gendered politics of consumer citizenship in divided Germany, Katherine Pence. Part 3 Consumers in the Society of Consumption: Consumers' Associations and the state: protection and defence of the consumer in France, 1950-2000, Alain Chatriot; Shopping for the 'people's home': consumer planning in Norway and Sweden after the Second World War, Iselin Theien; The entrepreneurial ethic and the spirit of consumerism: finances and strategy in the US consumer movement, Robert N. Mayer; Living in the city differently: the birth of new expertise in France in the 1960s and 1970s, Odile Join-Lambert and Yves Lochard; The organised consumer movement since 1945, Matthew Hilton. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Social Relations in the Estate Villages of Mecklenburg c18801924 Studies in Labour History
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Taylor & Francis Rethinking NineteenthCentury Liberalism Richard Cobden Bicentenary Essays Modern Economic and Social History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Personal Capitalism and Corporate Governance British Manufacturing in the First Half of the Twentieth Century Modern Economic and Social History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris Gender Economy and Law Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Governance Growth and Global Leadership The Role of the State in Technological Progress 17502000 Modern Economic Social History
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Taylor & Francis Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution Science Technology and Culture 17001945
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The FiscalMilitary State in EighteenthCentury Europe Essays in honour of PGM Dickson
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Material Delight and the Joy of Living
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Pacific in the Age of Early Industrialization The Pacific World Lands Peoples and History of the Pacific 15001900
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Taylor & Francis The Medieval Antecedents of English Agricultural
Book SynopsisUntil recently, historians tended to stress the perceived technological and ecological shortcomings of medieval agriculture. The ten essays assembled in this volume offer a contrary view. Based upon close documentary analysis of the demesne farms managed for and by lords, they show that, by 1300, in the most commercialized parts of England, production decisions were based upon relative factor costs and commodity prices. Moreover, when and where economic conditions were ripe and environmental and institutional circumstances favourable, medieval cultivators successfully secured high and ecologically sustainable levels of land productivity. They achieved this by integrating crop and livestock production into the sort of manure-intensive systems of mixed-husbandry which later underpinned the more celebrated output growth of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. If medieval agriculture failed to fulfill the production potential provided by wider adoption of such systems, this is more appropriately explained by the want of the kind of market incentives that might have justified investment, innovation, and specialization on the scale that characterized the so-called 'agricultural revolution', than either the lack of appropriate agricultural technology or the innate 'backwardness' of medieval cultivators.Trade Review’Although some of Campbell’s findings have been amended or amplified by subsequent research, none of the papers in this remarkably coherent collection appears outdated, and despite some inevitable overlap can usefully be read together by historians interested in longterm agricultural progress and technological change.’ English Historical Review ’...this is a well-produced collection of essays in which all medieval agricultural historians will find much of interest.’ Economic History ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction. Progressiveness and backwardness in 13th- and early 14th-century English agriculture: the verdict of recent research; Agricultural progress in medieval England: some evidence from eastern Norfolk; Arable productivity in medieval England: some evidence from Norfolk; Land, labour, livestock, and productivity trends in English seignorial agriculture, 1208-1450; A new perspective on medieval and early modern agriculture: 6 centuries of Norfolk farming c1250-c1850 (with Mark Overton); Norfolk livestock farming 1250-1740: a comparative study of manorial accounts and probate inventories (with Mark Overton); Commercial dairy production on medieval English demesnes: the case of Norfolk; Measuring the commercialisation of seigneurial agriculture circa 1300; Matching supply to demand: crop production and disposal by English demesnes in the century of the Black Death; Constraint or constrained? changing perspectives on medieval English agriculture; Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Field Systems and Farming Systems in Late Medieval England
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Taylor & Francis Eat Drink and Be Merry Luke 1219 Food and Wine in Byzantium Papers of the 37th Annual Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies In Honour of for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Centres and Peripheries in Banking The Historical Development of Financial Markets Studies in Banking and Financial History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Jesse Ramsden 17351800 Londons Leading Scientific Instrument Maker Science Technology and Culture 17001945
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Economics in Russia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The NineteenthCentury Child and Consumer Culture Studies in Childhood 1700 to the Present
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Taylor & Francis The Political Economy of the Dutch Republic
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Finance and Modernization A Transnational and Transcontinental Perspective for the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Studies in Banking and Financial History
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Taylor & Francis Mining Tycoons in the Age of Empire 18701945 Entrepreneurship High Finance Politics and Territorial Expansion Modern Economic and Social History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Byzantine Trade 4th12th Centuries The Archaeology of Local Regional and International Exchange Papers of the Thirtyeighth Spring Symposium of for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Ashgate Companion to the History of Textile Workers 16502000
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Taylor & Francis East Meets West Banking Commerce and Investment in the Ottoman Empire Studies in Banking and Financial History
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