Lien Bich Luu

Immigrants and the Industries of London, 1500-1700 (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

London in the 16th and 17th centuries was a place of phenomenal change and growth. The arrival of merchants and artisans from continental Europe prompted rapid technological development in many trades and crafts. This book focuses predominantly on silk weaving, beer brewing and the silver trade. It places immigrants in the broader social and economic context of Europe and explores their experience in London.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351928557
• Artikelnr.: 47956206

Autorenporträt

Lien Bich Luu is Lecturer in History at the University of Hertfordshire, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: Migration and the diffusion of skills
Trade and consumption
Government and the import of foreign skills
Immigrants in Elizabethan London
Reception and treatment of immigrants
Silk industry
Silver trade
Beer brewing
Conclusion: Immigration in a historical perspective
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.