Economic Policy and Projects: The Development of a Consumer Society in Early Modern England by Joan Thirsk

Economic Policy and Projects: The Development of a Consumer Society in Early Modern England

Joan Thirsk

208 pages first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction history
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The 16th and 17th centuries in England saw a remarkable diversification of industry fostered largely by the government, which sought to reduce expensive imports and lessen dependence on foreign goods. These new sources of production expanded emplo...

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