Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 European Marriage Patterns and their Implications: John Hajnal’s Essay and Historical Demography during the Last Half-Century
- 2 The Population Geography of Great Britain c.1290: a Provisional Reconstruction
- 3 Mobility and Mortality: How Place of Origin Affected the Life Chances of Late Medieval Scholars at Winchester College and New College Oxford
- 4 Family and Welfare in Early Modern Europe: a North–South Comparison
- 5 Support for the Elderly during the ‘Crisis’ of the English Old Poor Law
- 6 Indoors or Outdoors? Welfare Priorities and Pauper Choices in the Metropolis under the Old Poor Law, 1718–1824
- 7 Population Growth and Corporations of the Poor, 1660–1841
- 8 Charity and Commemoration: a Berkshire Family and their Almshouse, 1675–1763
- 9 The Institutional Context of Serfdom in England and Russia
- 10 Choices and Constraints in the Pre-Industrial Countryside
- 11 Some Commercial Implications of English Individualism
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History
List of Figures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 European Marriage Patterns and their Implications: John Hajnal’s Essay and Historical Demography during the Last Half-Century
- 2 The Population Geography of Great Britain c.1290: a Provisional Reconstruction
- 3 Mobility and Mortality: How Place of Origin Affected the Life Chances of Late Medieval Scholars at Winchester College and New College Oxford
- 4 Family and Welfare in Early Modern Europe: a North–South Comparison
- 5 Support for the Elderly during the ‘Crisis’ of the English Old Poor Law
- 6 Indoors or Outdoors? Welfare Priorities and Pauper Choices in the Metropolis under the Old Poor Law, 1718–1824
- 7 Population Growth and Corporations of the Poor, 1660–1841
- 8 Charity and Commemoration: a Berkshire Family and their Almshouse, 1675–1763
- 9 The Institutional Context of Serfdom in England and Russia
- 10 Choices and Constraints in the Pre-Industrial Countryside
- 11 Some Commercial Implications of English Individualism
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History
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- Population, Welfare and Economic Change in Britain, 1290–1834 , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2014