ABSTRACT

First Published in 2005. Economic History has been briefly defined as the study of material progress. Economic History deals primarily with the material side of human progress, but it is not therefore a materialistic study.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

part I|31 pages

From the Earliest Times to the Eleventh Century

chapter I|9 pages

The Prehistoric Age

chapter II|5 pages

The Roman Occupation

chapter III|15 pages

The Anglo-Saxon Period

part II|123 pages

From the Eleventh to the Sixteenth Century

chapter IV|8 pages

Feudalism in its Economic Aspect

chapter V|12 pages

The Medieval Manor

chapter VI|12 pages

The Decay of Villeinage

chapter VIII|15 pages

Commerce and Towns

chapter IX|11 pages

Industry and Craft Gilds

chapter X|8 pages

Economic Opinion in the Middle Ages

chapter XI|8 pages

Money, Moneylending and Public Finance

chapter XII|7 pages

The State and Economic Regulation

chapter XIII|10 pages

The Economic Development of Scotland

chapter XIV|9 pages

The Economic Development of Scotland

chapter XV|9 pages

Medieval Wales and Ireland Wales

part III|65 pages

From The Sixteenth to the eighteenth century

chapter XVI|9 pages

Commercial Expansion

chapter XVII|11 pages

The Mercantile System

chapter XVIII|14 pages

Agricultural and Industrial Developments

chapter XIX|8 pages

Money, Banking, and Public Finance

chapter XX|9 pages

Scotland and the Two Unions

part IV|158 pages

From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day

chapter XXII|11 pages

The Industrial Revolution

chapter XXIII|14 pages

Consequences of Industrialism

chapter XXIV|15 pages

The Agrarian Revolution

chapter XXV|11 pages

The Revolution in Transport

chapter XXVI|12 pages

The Revolution in Commerce

chapter XXVII|12 pages

The Rise and Decline of Free Trade

chapter XXVIII|19 pages

Banking, Currency and Public Finance

chapter XXIX|12 pages

Laissez Faire and Socialism

chapter XXX|18 pages

Social Legislation

chapter XXXI|21 pages

Social Movements

chapter XXXII|11 pages

The Post-War Position