Lecture 1
Table 1: Output Growth 1700-1801 - % per year [Old and New estimates]
Year |
GDP |
Industry |
Agriculture |
|||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Old |
New |
Old |
New |
Old |
New |
|
1700-1760 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
1760-1780 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
1780-1801 |
2.1 |
1.4 |
3.4 |
2.0 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
(Crafts versus Deane and Cole, taken from M Berg, Age of Manufactures)
Table 2: Varying estimates of the ‘middling order’ of 18th century society
Postlethwayt |
Lindert |
||
---|---|---|---|
Families earning ?50 pa+ |
280,430 |
150,874 |
239,282 |
(19%) |
(17%) |
(16%) |
|
Families earning ?40 pa+ |
617,930 |
564,426 |
631,935 |
(42%) |
(38%) |
(41%) |
|
Total no. Families |
1,474,570 |
1,538,500 |
1,483,239 |
(Sources: Joseph Massie, 1759; Malachy Postlethwayt, 1750 and P Lindert, 1982 cited in P Langford, A Polite and Commercial People)
Table 3: Estimates of Population for England and Wales
1700 |
5.5 m |
---|---|
1721 |
5.8 m |
1731 |
5.6 m |
1741 |
5.9 m |
1751 |
6.1 m |
1761 |
6.6 m |
1771 |
6.9 m |
1781 |
7.5 m |
1783 |
7.6 m |
1801 |
9.4 m |
(Source: Wrigley and Schofield, A Population History)
Table 4: Population Growth
1700 |
1801 |
|
---|---|---|
London |
575,000 |
948,000 |
Norwich |
31,000 |
41,000 |
Birmingham |
7,000 |
50,000 |
Manchester |
8,000 |
50,000 |
Sheffield |
2,000 |
26,000 |