This is impressive given the amount of time you put into it.
There’s more evidence in the book State, Economy, and the Great Divergence: Great Britain and China, 1680s − 1850s, by Peer Vries, which I reviewed here. In particular, Vries disputes the claim that property rights were secure in Britain before the industrial revolution.
This is impressive given the amount of time you put into it.
There’s more evidence in the book State, Economy, and the Great Divergence: Great Britain and China, 1680s − 1850s, by Peer Vries, which I reviewed here. In particular, Vries disputes the claim that property rights were secure in Britain before the industrial revolution.