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The idea of improvement - gradual and cumulative betterment - was something new in 17th century England. It became commonplace to assert that improvements in ag

The idea of improvement - gradual and cumulative betterment - was something new in 17th century England. It became commonplace to assert that improvements in ag

The rise of agrarian capitalism in Britain is usually told as a story about markets, land, and wages. This study reveals that it was also about books, knowledge

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Britain saw the proposal of so many endeavors called "projects"—a catchphrase for the daring, sometimes dangerous

The first overview of early modern English social history since the 1980s, bringing together the leading authorities in the field.