Earthly Necessities
Subtitle: Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain (The New Economic History of Britain seri)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: September 10, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780300083910
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Economic History; Social History; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; History - General History; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; History / Great Britain; Economics - General; Economic Conditions; Great Britain; History; Households; Markets; Social conditions
Description: "This book seeks to redefine the economic history of early modern Britain for a new generation of readers. Combining the research of economic historians with the insights provided by recent advances in social and cultural history, Keith Wrightson describes the basic institutions and relationships of economic life, traces the processes of change, and examines how these changes affected men, women, and children at all social levels."--BOOK JACKET.