“...Shipping costs between Europe and Asia were reduced by two-thirds between the 1770s and the 1820s. Copper sheathing and other technical improvements which...”

“...New annual series for the prices of major agricultural commodities sold in London markets between 1770 and 1914 are presented. These series are based on...”

“...This article assesses Lloyd’s Register as a source for late eighteenth-century maritime history by analysing the ships listed in the 1779 and 1790 volumes. The...”

“...The speed of ships is a crucial variable in shipping productivity. Despite the dominance of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Eurasian trade in the early...”

“...This monograph offers insight into the way people lived and behaved when agriculture was the mainstay of the Irish economy. Using core data it illuminates...”

“...The tonnage of shipping entering and leaving Ireland grew rapidly from the late eighteenth century until the mid-1870s, after which there was a distinct...”

“...The English system of poor relief helped to shape the country's distinctive pre-industrial economy. English relief, when set against continental experience,...”