South Britain
Rosalind Mitchison, 1 April 1982
The Economic History of Britain since 1700. Vol. 1: 1700-1860
edited by Roderick Floud and Donald McCloskey.
Cambridge, 323 pp., £25, October 1981,0 521 23166 3 Show More
edited by Roderick Floud and Donald McCloskey.
Cambridge, 323 pp., £25, October 1981,
The Economic History of Britain since 1700. Vol. II: 1860 to the 1970s
edited by Roderick Floud and Donald McCloskey.
Cambridge, 485 pp., £30, October 1981,0 521 23167 1 Show More
edited by Roderick Floud and Donald McCloskey.
Cambridge, 485 pp., £30, October 1981,
“... gracefully slide out from any concern with Scotland. At the other end of the range of skill, Pat Thane commits herself unwisely to remarks about Highland clearances in the 18th century. The book is concerned almost entirely with English history: but it is offered as a textbook for students of British Economic History, and gives an interesting light ... ”