Economic Policy and Projects: The Development of a Consumer Society in Early Modern England

by Joan Thirsk

Book Overview

The 16th and 17th centuries in England saw a remarkable diversification of industry fostered largely by the government, which sought to reduce expensive imports and lessen dependence on foreign goods.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198282745
• ISBN13: 9780198282747
• Release Date: May 1978
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.