1 Introduction
Notes 1 INTRODUCTION 1 This episode will be treated in more detail in Chapter 5. 2 Columbia University Library (CUL), Montgomery collection, William Pollard letterbook, 1764±68, to John Swire, 5 Jan. 1767. 3 For archetypal examples ofthe two positions see D. S. Landes, The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969) for the demand side and J. Mokyr, The Lever of Riches (New York: Oxford Uni- versity Press, 1992) for the supply side. 4 For foreign trade, a good recent survey of the field is provided by S. Enger- man, `Mercantilism and Overseas Trade, 1700±1800', in R. Floud and D.N. McCloskey, eds, The Economic Historyof Britain since 1700: Vol. 1, 1700±1860, 2nd edn (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994) pp. 182±204. For the domestic market see N. McKendrick, `Home Demand and Economic Growth', in N. McKendrick, ed., Historical Perspectives (London: Europa, 1974), and useful surveys in B. Fine, and E. Leopold, `Consumerism and the Industrial Revolution', Social History, 15 (1990) pp. 151±79 and J. de Vries, `Purchasing Power and the World ofGoods', in J. Brewer and R. Porter eds, Consumption and the World of Goods (London: Routledge, 1993) pp. 85±132. For one example ofwork on the meaning of consumption see A. Vickery, `Women and World ofGoods', in J. Brewer and R. Porter eds, Consumption and the World of Goods (London: Routledge, 1993) pp. 274±301. 5 J. Mokyr, `Demand vs Supply in the Industrial Revolution', Journal of Eco- nomic History, 37 (1977) pp.
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