Customs and Excise: Trade, Production, and Consumption in England, 1640-1845
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Ashworth traces the growth of customs and excise, and their integral role in shaping the framework of industrial England. He examines their influence on elements such as state power, technical advance, and the evolution of a consumer society. If there was a unique pathway of industrialization, it was less a distinct entrepreneurial and techno-centric culture, than one predominantly defined within an institutional framework spearheaded by the excise...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199259216
ISBN13:9780199259212
Release Date:October 2003
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:412 Pages
Weight:1.66 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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