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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Economic and social history"”.
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A Political, Economic and Social History of Kerrville, Texas
No abstract prepared.
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An economic and social history of the Herero of Namibia, 1915-1946
Bibliography: pages 421-450.
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Agricultural change in the East Riding of Yorkshire: 1850-1880: an economic and social history
Emphasis in this study is primarily economic, examining the nature and scale of technical progress in the East Riding of Yorkshire in the years of high farming, and the ability and willingness of landowners and farmers to invest in land improvement. A social dimension is added by considering …
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Aspects of the economic and social history of the Greek community in Alexandria during the nineteenth century
… reference to a discussion of aspects of the economic and social role and activities of the Greek community in Alexandria. Given, however, the almost total absence of studies on the role and activities of the modern history of the Greeks in Egypt, this study constitutes both a pioneering and …
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Public opinion and agriculture 1875-1900
… positive adaptation of agriculture in changing economic circumstances; an emphasis which runs counter to the older tradition of historical writing on this subject. There has, however, been less attention paid to the process by which this tradition came to be established, originating as it did in …
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A social history of paediatric nursing 1920-1970
This is a study concerning the social history of paediatric nursing between 1920 and 1970. Oral history data was collected from past nurses of children and from people who had been in hospital as children within the period in question. The study explores the professional orientation of nurses and …
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The early modern demographic dynamic : celibates and celibacy in seventeenth-century England
… celibacy within the demographic context of Tudor and Stuart England. The most prominent feature of population change in the seventeenth century was the stagnation that occurred around 1650, following on as it did from a hundred years of almost uninterrupted national expansion. Though the …
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English folk music movement 1898-1914
… World War. From remote origins in the 1830s and 1840s and small beginnings in the 1880s and 1890s, it suddenly caught the public mood between 1904 and 1914 and for a brief moment it seemed as though a genuinely indigenous and unifying cultural force might have been found. This proved to be a …
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The reform of urban policing in Victorian England : a study of Kingston upon Hull from 1836 to 1866
Chapter 1 introduces the economy, society and politics of Hull in the nineteenth century, concentrating on the middle decades of the century. The characteristics of the old police system in the early 1830s are analysed in chapter 2, along with the proposals which were made for its reform in 1836 …
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Microfinance institutions in nineteenth century Ireland
… is a comprehensive study which examines the economic, social and political ideology underpinnings of microfinance institutions in Ireland. It also analyses the sources, uses, and consequences of microfinance for the borrower individually and the Irish economy as a whole. The thesis studies …
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The political and economic context of Keynes’s 1933 Finlay lecture: transforming a business practitioner’s ways of knowing
… experienced business practitioner’s capabilities and effectiveness. A key factor in my ways of knowing, as opposed to what I know, is my exploration of context and assumptions. By interacting with my cultural, intellectual, economic, and social history, I seek to become critically aware of the …
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The London gasworks : a technical, commercial and labour history to 1914
This thesis is a history of the gas industry down to 1914 with special reference to London. Part One deals with the industry's origins and its technical and business history and traces the development from the discovery of coal gas manufacture at the end of the seventeenth century to its first …
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The occupational structure of late Imperial China, 1736-1898
… a product of differential rates of economic growth over the last 200 years. China was the world’s most developed economy at the beginning of the last millennium, with the flow of technological knowledge overwhelmingly moving west. Following the British Industrial Revolution, Europe, …
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Inheritance, Family Structure, and Economic Development in the Lower Yangzi Region, c.1650-1950
… of contemporary debates on wealth inequality and economic development. Warnings of political corruption, deprived, unstable families, and long-term economic stagnation are at the centre of appeals to limit inequality through the taxation of inheritance and wealth. Other arguments insist that …