Economic Policy and Projects. The development of a consumer society in early modern England

Details:

Author(s) Thirsk, Joan
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1978
Pages 199pp
Publisher Clarendon Press
Place Published Oxford

Topics:

Name Consumption, consumerism & associated ethics
Name Government intervention exc legislation & regulation
Name Competition, collusion, monopoly & cartels inc competition policy & regulation

Countries:

Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Groups:

Business & industry studies for whole UK or England

Notes:

Originally delivered as lectures in 1975 but revised. Deal in detail with new consumer industries which emerged in the later 16th and 17th centuries - thread making, pin making, woad growing, starch making, etc - and influences upon them, notably government support including the granting of monopolies of production