Illuminations and distortions: Gregory King's scheme calculated for the year 1688 and the social structure of later Stuart England

Economic History Review

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-69

  Arkell, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TAX SYSTEM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646567159     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2005.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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