Outlines of the Economic History of England: A Study in Social Development

Adam Smith agricultural Bank of England Black Death bullion capital capitalist cloth coins commercial common competition conservatism considerable course crafts craftsmen Crown currency custom demand demesne districts duties early economic eighteenth century employer employment English enterprise evidence evil exchange existed export fact factory favour fifteenth finance foreign gild merchant gold gradually growth hand important improvement income increase individual Industrial Revolution interest issue joint stock banks labour land legislation less London lord machinery manor manorial system manufacturing ment modern monopoly movement municipal opinion organisation Parliament partly pauper period political Poor Law practice prevent probable production progress protection reduced regulation reign restriction result revenue Robert Owen secure seems sixteenth century social specialised statute of artificers supply taxation tenants tendency thirteenth century tion token coins towns Trade Unionism wage-earners wages wealth whilst workers