Prices, Food and Wages in Scotland, 1550 1780 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521037808)

This is the first study of Scottish price history to be published, and a major contribution to the economic and social history of early modern and pre-industrial Britain. Using the remarkable series of "fiars" prices for grains and other contemporary sources, Gibson and Smout focus, in particular, on the prices of grain, meal and animal products, and assess how Scots laborers could survive in an economy that could pay only very low money wages. Their conclusions make a powerful contribution to the perennial debate on the standard of living of ordinary people prior to industrialization.

Author: A. J. S. Gibson, T. C. Smout
ISBN-10: 0521037808
ISBN-13: 9780521037808
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/19/2007
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.85d