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A History of Agriculture and Prices in England

From the Year after the Oxford Parliament (1259) to the Commencement of the Continental War (1793)

James E Thorold Rogers author Arthur G L Rogers editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:22nd Dec '11

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This eight-piece compilation (1866–1902) documents the fluctuating prices of agricultural produce in England between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries.

This immensely detailed eight-piece compilation documents the fluctuating prices of agricultural produce in England between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. Volume 7 Part 1 (edited after the author's death by his son and published in 1902) presents data from 1703 to 1793.Since early times, agriculture has been pivotal to England's economy. This is the seventh in a magisterial seven-volume, eight-piece compilation by the economist James E. Thorold Rogers (1823–90), which represents the most complete record of produce costs in England between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. Drawing on a variety of sources including college archives and the Public Record Office, Rogers documents the fluctuating prices of commodities such as livestock, wheat, hay, wool, textiles and labour in a time of great economic change, when the growing economy of the early middle ages was shaken by famine and the Black Death, and then gradually recovered towards the Agrarian Revolution. First published in 1902 (completed and edited by Rogers' son), this two-part volume presents in Part 1 data from 1703 to 1793, showing the prices of a range of products; Part 2 consists of further documents collected by Rogers for the work.

ISBN: 9781108036573

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 35mm

Weight: 780g

620 pages