Peter Mathias

'It is a marked feature of Professor Mathias' contributions to economic history that even when he is operating on a narrow front, he is able to tease out its more general implications.' - The Economist'This is a collection which all students of the eighteenth century and admirers of the historian's craft will relish.' - Economic Journal

• Part 1: Themes 1. British industrialization: unique or not? 2. Skills and the diffusion of innovations from Britain in the eighteenth century 3. Who unbound Prometheus? Science and technical change, 1600-1800 4. Science and technology during the Industrial Revolution: some general problems 5. Capital, credit and enterprise in the Industrial Revolution 6. Taxation and industrialization in Britain, 1700-1870 7. Adam’s burden: historical diagnoses of poverty 8. Leisure and wages in theory and practice Part 2: Topics 9. The social structure in the eighteenth century: a calculation by Joseph Massie 10. The people’s money in the eighteenth century: the Royal Mint, trade tokens and the economy

Peter Mathias

'It is a marked feature of Professor Mathias' contributions to economic history that even when he is operating on a narrow front, he is able to tease out its more general implications.' - The Economist'This is a collection which all students of the eighteenth century and admirers of the historian's craft will relish.' - Economic Journal

• Part 1: Themes 1. British industrialization: unique or not? 2. Skills and the diffusion of innovations from Britain in the eighteenth century 3. Who unbound Prometheus? Science and technical change, 1600-1800 4. Science and technology during the Industrial Revolution: some general problems 5. Capital, credit and enterprise in the Industrial Revolution 6. Taxation and industrialization in Britain, 1700-1870 7. Adam’s burden: historical diagnoses of poverty 8. Leisure and wages in theory and practice Part 2: Topics 9. The social structure in the eighteenth century: a calculation by Joseph Massie 10. The people’s money in the eighteenth century: the Royal Mint, trade tokens and the economy

Peter Mathias

'It is a marked feature of Professor Mathias' contributions to economic history that even when he is operating on a narrow front, he is able to tease out its more general implications.' - The Economist'This is a collection which all students of the eighteenth century and admirers of the historian's craft will relish.' - Economic Journal

• Part 1: Themes 1. British industrialization: unique or not? 2. Skills and the diffusion of innovations from Britain in the eighteenth century 3. Who unbound Prometheus? Science and technical change, 1600-1800 4. Science and technology during the Industrial Revolution: some general problems 5. Capital, credit and enterprise in the Industrial Revolution 6. Taxation and industrialization in Britain, 1700-1870 7. Adam’s burden: historical diagnoses of poverty 8. Leisure and wages in theory and practice Part 2: Topics 9. The social structure in the eighteenth century: a calculation by Joseph Massie 10. The people’s money in the eighteenth century: the Royal Mint, trade tokens and the economy