Format:
1 online resource (381 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780754603306
,
9781351928557
Content:
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
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: Migration and the Diffusion of Skills -- 2 Trade and Consumption -- 3 Government and the Import of Foreign Skills -- 4 Immigrants in Elizabethan London -- 5 Reception and Treatment of Immigrants -- 6 Silk Industry -- 7 Silver Trade -- 8 Beer Brewing -- 9 Conclusion: Immigration in a Historical Perspective -- Appendix 1: Places of Origin Recorded in the Returns of Aliens, 1571 and 1593 -- Appendix 2: Occupations Recorded in Returns of Aliens, 1571 and 1593 -- Appendix 3: Numbers of Strangers Engaged in Luxury and New Trades in London, 1571 and 1593 -- Appendix 4: Processes of Silk Manufacture -- Appendix 5: Processes of Beer Brewing -- Appendix 6: Goldsmiths of Antwerp Origin in London, 1548-86 -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Luu, Lien Bich Immigrants and the Industries of London, 1500-1700 Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2005 ISBN 9780754603306
Language:
English
Keywords:
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