Aspects of Capital Investment in Great Britain 1750-1850

Name: Aspects of Capital Investment in Great Britain 1750-1850
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Aspects of Capital Investment in Great Britain 1750-1850A preliminary survey, report of a conference held the University of Sheffield, 5-7 January 1969\nAuthor(s): S. Pollard, J.P.P Higgins\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138864849, 978-1138864849\nSynopsis\nThese six papers were originally delivered to a conference at Sheffield University in 1969 and represent an overview of a research project led by Professor Pollard, which aimed to construct a series of annual figures of capital formation for the Industrial Revolution in Britain - both in aggregate and broken down into main sectors. Each paper is accompanied by a summary of the discussion which followed.\n\nThe problems encountered in such an undertaking are examined, a major one being definition: what to include in the term 'capital', how to measure or isolate expenditure under that heading, and how to deal with changes which have made the definitions and p.