Barriers to growth : English economic development from the Norman conquest to industrialisation /
Eric L. Jones.
- xii, 153 pages
- Palgrave studies in economic history .
- Palgrave studies in economic history. .
I. The erosion of obstacles -- Barriers and push forces -- Military and ecclesiastical buildings -- Dissolution of the monasteries -- Civil war -- Communal farming and under-used land -- Tithes -- Archaic institutions -- Obstructive infrastructure -- Maladministration -- II. Coping with shocks -- Disease -- Insults to agriculture -- Storms and adverse seasons -- Floods -- Fires -- Conclusions.
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Economic development--History--England. Economic history.