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The economy of Kent, 1640-1914

Title: The economy of Kent, 1640-1914 / edited by Alan Armstrong.
Publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA : Boydell Press; [Kent, England] : Kent County Council, 1995.

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Additional Authors

Armstrong, Alan, 1936-

Description

xiv, 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

In recent years, historians' interpretations of the economic history of Britain from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century have changed significantly. There is less emphasis on the idea of a cataclysmic 'industrial revolution' pioneered in and confined to the northern and midland counties; rather, a gradualist and evolutionary approach to the subject has been taken, with increasing attention devoted to the long-neglected economic history of the southern counties.
The Economy of Kent, 1640-1914 is among the first full-length studies to embody this new approach. Subjects considered include the population of Kent, its growth, mobility and distribution; agriculture; industry; transport; labour; and the importance of the sea to Kent.
Through these detailed analyses, Kent can be seen to have retained its place as an important constituent of the expanding British economy throughout the period. Its steady economic progress avoided many of the strains and stresses experienced by counties more directly touched by industrialisation, along with the consequent processes of readjustment faced by those regions.

Series Statement

Kent history project, 1352-805X ; 3

Uniform Title

Kent history project ; 3.

Subject

Kent (England) > Economic conditions

Bibliography (note)

Contents

1. Population. i. 1640-1831 / Mary Dobson. ii. 1831-1914 / Alan Armstrong -- 2. Agriculture / Gordon Mingay -- 3. Industry. i. 1640-1800 / David Ormrod. ii. 1800-1914 / James Preston -- 4. Road, Rail and Cross-Channel Ferry / Theo Barker -- 5. Kent and the Sea / Robin Craig and John Whyman -- 6. The Towns / Christopher Chalklin -- 7. Labour / Tom Richardson -- 8. Conclusions: Wealth and Welfare in Victorian and Edwardian Kent / Alan Armstrong -- App. I. List of Kentish Parishes Included in Figure 1 -- App. II. Personal Wealth, Farm Stock, Tools and Circulating Capital of Industrial Producers, Reflected in Probate Inventories, 1663-1732 -- App. III-A. Population of Kent Towns, 1663-4 to c. 1700 -- App. III-B. Population of Kent towns, 1801, 1841, 1901 -- App. III-C. Occupations in Rochester and Tonbridge: (1) Rochester, Chatham and Strood, 1687-1783 -- App. III-C. Occupations in Rochester and Tonbridge: (2) Tonbridge Town and Vicinity, 1803 --
App. III-D. Inn Accommodation in 1686 -- App. IV. Occupations of Males and Females in Kent, 1911 -- Guide to Further Reading.

ISBN

0851155820 (hardbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

95038023

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Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries