Description
| Product ID: | 9780140250015 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Earthly Necessities |
| Subtitle: | Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain, 1470-1750 |
| Authors: | Author: Keith Wrightson |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Economic systems and structures, Economic history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Economic systems & structures, Economic history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Modern period, c 1500 onwards |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Defines the economic history of early modern Britain. This book describes about the basic institutions and relationships of economic life, tracing the process of change, and examining how these changes affected men, women and children at various social levels. It demonstrates the gains and costs of economic change. This important new book, widely praised in hardcover (Yale UP) redefines the economic history of early modern Britain for a new generation of readers. Wrightson writes evocatively about the basic institutions and relationships of economic life, tracing the process of change, and examining how these changes affected men, women and children at all social levels. Novel in its structure, scope, and emphasis on the lived experience of the period, the book vividly demonstrates the gains and costs of economic change. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2002-05-30 |