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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Perry Gauci |
ISBN: | 0754697622 0754669696 9780754697626 9780754669692 |
OCLC Number: | 829111211 |
Description: | xi, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Contents: Preface; Introduction, Perry Gauci; Regulatory inertia and national economic growth: an African trade case study 1660-1714, William Pettigrew; A proactive state? The land bank, investment and party politics in the 1690s, Steve Pincus and Alice Wolfram; Regulation and rival interests in the 1690s, Mark Knights; Towards a British political economy: an 18th-century Scottish perspective, Bob Harris; Learning the ropes of sand: the West India lobby 1714-1760, Perry Gauci; Political convention and the merchant in the later 18th century, Daeryoon Kim; Bounties, the economy and the state in Britain, 1689-1800, Julian Hoppit; Investigation as a prelude to regulation: information, investigation and the abolition of the slave trade, Ian Barrett; Facing uncertainty: markets, norms and conventions in the 18th century, Philippe Minard; Regulating wages in 18th and early 19th-century England: arguments in context, Joanna Innes; The transition to factory production in the English wool textile industries: individual and family desires for labour regulation, 1720-1850, Paul Minoletti; Rent seeking or skill creating? Apprenticeship in early industrial Britain, Jane Humphries; Further reading, Julian Hoppit; Index. |
Responsibility: | Perry Gauci. |
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'Undoubtedly, this volume is a very welcome addition to the historiography of economic and commercial regulation. It clearly identifies the complexity and variation of the regulatory process across a broad period... this is a major contribution to the historiography of regulation, political participation, parliamentary history and socio-economic tensions in employment, and will be invaluable for scholars and students alike.' English Historical Review Read more...

