Age of Invention, by Anton Howes

Age of Invention, by Anton Howes

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Golden Age of Invention: Britain's Missing Periphery
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Golden Age of Invention: Britain's Missing Periphery

Anton Howes
Jul 08, 2021
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As I set out last week, I’ve been investigating the sources of Britain’s extraordinary ability to feed its own structural transformation. From a predominantly agrarian economy in the 1550s, by 1700 farming no longer even employed the majority of the workforce. London in particular had ballooned into one of the largest cities in the world, and the overal…

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