War and economic development : essays in memory of David Joslin / edited by J.M. Winter

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 297 pages ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-292) and index. Contents: Introduction: The economic and social history of war / J.M. Winter -- War, taxation and the English economy in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries / Edward Miller -- Taxation for war and peace in early-Tudor England / G.R. Elton -- War and economic change: the economic costs of the Dutch revolt / Geoffrey Parker -- Swords and ploughshares: the armed forces, medicine and public health in the late eighteenth century / Peter Mathias -- War and industrialisation / Phyllis Deane -- The exigencies of war and the politics of taxation in the Netherlands 1795-1810 / Simon Schama -- War and the failure of industrial mobilisation: 1899 and 1914 / Clive Trebilcock -- War and economic development: government and the optical industry in Britain 1914-18 / Roy and Kay Macleod -- War demand and industrial supply: the 'Dope Scandal', 1915-19 / D.C. Coleman -- Administrators and agriculture: aspects of German agricultural policy in the First World War / Joe Lee -- Social planning in war-time: some aspects of the Beveridge Report / Jos� Harris -- Selected bibliography of works on war and economic development / J.M. Winter. Subjects: Joslin, David 1925-1970; War Economic aspects Europe Addresses, essays, lectures; War Economic aspects Addresses, essays, lectures; Economic History; Economic Development; War; Economic aspects War Europe Political history Modern period, 1492-; Weapons industry; War; Europe Economic conditions.