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SUMMARY:Production and Consumption in Early Modern Berkshire\, 1650-1750 -
  Jameson Wooders\, University of Reading
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CONTACT:Dr Natalia Mora-Sitja
DESCRIPTION:In "Production and Consumption in English Households\, 1600-17
 50"\, Overton and colleagues test theoretical models for the pre-industria
 l economy of early modern England. They conclude that 'capitalism' did not
  develop in a uniform linear manner by contrasting Kent\, which integrated
  fully into the metropolitan economy\, with Cornwall\, which experienced r
 elative impoverishment compared to Kent. This paper argues that the county
 -wide approach adopted by Overton and colleagues conceals as much as it re
 veals\, and uses hearth tax data and probate inventories from different ec
 ological regions of Berkshire to highlight the great local diversity that 
 could be found within a single county.
LOCATION:Main seminar Room\, Geography Department Building
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