Jones, E. L.

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.

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