The economic organisation of England : an outline history /
by Sir William Ashley ... with a new chapter on Economic instability and state intervention, by G.C. Allen ...
- 3rd ed.
- London ; New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and Co., 1949 [impression 1954].
- vii, 261, [1] p. ; 19 cm.
"First edition, June 1914 ... New edition with additional chapter October 1935; new impression ... 1939."
The English agrarian system: the manor as starting point.--The stages of industrial evolution: the gild as starting point.--The beginnings of modern farming: the break-up of the manor.--The rise of foreign trade: the advent of capital and investment.--Domestic industry and Tudor nationalism.--Agricultural estates and English self-government.--The industrial revolution and freedom of contract.--Joint government.--The industrial revolution and freedom of contract.--Joint stock and the evolution of capitalism.--Economic instability and state intervention,.--Appendix: Suggestions for further reading (p. 235-251)
Industries--History.--Great Britain Land tenure--History.--Great Britain