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HABAKKUK, Hrothgar John was born in 1915 in Barry, S. Wales, United Kingdom.
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This major study by a leading British historian examines the social and legal foundations of the British ruling class--the great landlords and the gentry--from the late seventeenth century, when it freed itself from many of the constraints of royal power, to the twentieth century, when it was subsumed by mass democracy. Habakkuk's comprehensive book addresses the question of why, in the first industrial nation, the landed elite so long retained its role. This thorough examination of the structure of the landed family, its estate, and its relations with other social groups sheds light on this problem, and makes a major contribution to historical debate. It will be of interest to scholars and students of early modern and modern British history, especially social, economic, legal, and family historians.
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Can the lessons of the past help us to prevent another banking collapse in the future? This is the first book to tell the story of the rise and fall of British banking stability over the past two centuries, shedding new light on why banking systems crash and on the factors underpinning banking stability. John Turner shows that there have only been two major banking crises in Britain during this time - the crises of 1825-6 and 2007-8. Although there were episodic bouts of instability in the interim, the banking system was crisis free. Why was the British banking system stable for such a long time? And, why did the British banking system implode in 2008? In answering these questions, the book explores the long-run evolution of bank regulation, the role of the Bank of England, bank rescues and the need to hold shareholders to account.
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HABAKKUK, Hrothgar John was born in 1915 in Barry, S. Wales, United Kingdom.
Master of Arts University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1938. Master of Arts University Oxford, 1950. DLitt Universities, Wales, Cambridge, Kent, Pennsylvania.
Professor Economics History, ViceChancellor, University Oxford, 1950-1967,
1973-1977. Principal, Jesus College Oxford, 1968-1984. President, University College Swansea, Wales, 1975-1984.
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Author: (book) American and British Technology in the 19th Century, 1962, Marriage, Debt and the Estate System, 1994. Co-editor: Economic History Review, 1950-1960, Cambridge Economic History, 1965.
A restatement of the hypothesis that fertility changes were a major factor in population growth 1750-1830. An exploration of the hypothesis that differences in technology between Britain and United States of America during nineteenth century were due to differences in factor proportions. In particular that abundance of natural resources in America (a higher land/
labour ratio) stimulated substitution of capital for labour and that this substitution was favourable to invention of new methods of production, especially of more mechanised capital-intensive techniques.
An attempt to argue that the long swings in investment in America and Britain before 1914 were not inversely related in a systematic way. And studies in English land ownership 1500-1800.