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ONLINE

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

1 online resource (xv, 656 p.) : ill

ISBN 0198732090 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780198732099 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Economic and social history of Britain

Includes bibliographical references and index

The nation’s wealth and the people’s welfare -- Agriculture and the land -- Industry and the urban economy -- The service economy -- The growth of the British economy -- Free trade and protectionism -- Capital exports -- The rise and demise of the gold standard -- Rebuilding the international economic order? -- Births and marriages -- Deaths and disease -- Rich and poor -- Cultures of consumption -- Taxing and spending -- Education -- From the poor law to the welfare state -- Managing the economy -- The festival of Britain and British identity.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(Au-PeEL)EBL416039

(CaONFJC)MIL116046

(CaPaEBR)ebr10199670

(MiAaPQ)EBC416039

(OCoLC)476246756

GBA4X6439