'Quantitative analysis of the Victorian economy' in J Foreman-Peck (ed), New Perspectives on the Late Victorian Economy. Essays in quantitative economic history, 1860-1914

Details:

Author(s) Foreman-Peck, James
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1991
Pages pp1-34
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Place Published Cambridge

Topics:

Name Historiography & methodology

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Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Economic history texts

Notes:

Introduction to the collected essays. Has sections: 'Theory and quantification'; 'The macroeconomic approach'; 'Later Victorian demography'; 'Trade, empire and fluctuations'; 'Production - technology, industrial organisation and competitiveness'; 'Distribution - wages, the cost of living and the social security system'; 'Money - the gold standard, monetary institutions and monetary policy'