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David Ormrod, James M. Gibson, and Owen Lyne 'City and Countryside Revisited. Comparative rent movements in London and the South-East, 1580-1914' has now been published as part of the University of Kent School of Economics discussion paper series. Abstract: Economic historians have traditionally argued that urban growth in England was driven primarily by prior improvements in agricultural supply in the two centuries before the industrial revolution. Recent revisionist scholarship by writ... More
David Ormrod, Principal Investigator for City and Region, is to speak at the Economic History Society, Women's Committee 22nd Annual Conference, held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, on Saturday 12 November. Using research gathered during the City and Region project, Professor Ormrod will speak on the topic of 'Town and Countryside Revisited: Urban and agricultural rent movements in London and the South East, 1400-1914' For a full programme of events, click here. ... More
City and Region is an ongoing research project. This preview precedes a official launch in January 2012. Any major changes that are made prior to this date will be reported here and on Twitter. If you have any comments or suggestions please contact us. For more information on this open access project, supported by the Rochester Bridge Trust, the University of Kent, and the ESRC, see the 'About the project' page. More
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