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Earthly Necessities Keith Wrightson

Earthly Necessities By Keith Wrightson

Earthly Necessities by Keith Wrightson


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Defines the economic history of early modern Britain. This book describes about the basic institutions and relationships of economic life, tracing the process of change, and examining how these changes affected men, women and children at various social levels. It demonstrates the gains and costs of economic change.

Earthly Necessities Summary

Earthly Necessities: Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain, 1470-1750 by Keith Wrightson

This important new book, widely praised in hardcover (Yale UP) redefines the economic history of early modern Britain for a new generation of readers. Wrightson writes evocatively about the basic institutions and relationships of economic life, tracing the process of change, and examining how these changes affected men, women and children at all social levels. Novel in its structure, scope, and emphasis on the lived experience of the period, the book vividly demonstrates the gains and costs of economic change.

About Keith Wrightson

Keith Wrightson was Professor of Social History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Jesus College. He is now Professor of History at Yale University. Among his publications is ENGLISH SOCIETY, 1580-1680.

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GOR003900158
9780140250015
0140250018
Earthly Necessities: Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain, 1470-1750 by Keith Wrightson
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20020530
384
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