The Unbound Prometheus

The Unbound Prometheus
Author: David S. Landes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2003-06-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521534024

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A Comprehensive History of Norwich

A Comprehensive History of Norwich
Author: A. D. Bayne
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2015-03-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781507506622

"[...]at a cost of £20,000; and Opie Street has been opened from London Street to the Castle Hill. Of course, the principal places of business are mostly clustered together, either in the Market Place or in the nearest streets; but in former times, every business in Norwich had its particular row or station. Thus, in ancient deeds, we read of the Glover's Row, Mercers Row, Spicer's Row, Needler's Row, Tawer's Row, Ironmonger's Row; also of the Apothecary's Market, the Herb Market, the Poultry Market, the Bread Market, the Flesh Market, the Wool and Sheep Market, the Fish Market, the Hay Market, the Wood Market, the Cheese Market, the Leather Market, the Cloth-cutter's Market, the White-ware Market; all of which we find mentioned before the reign of Richard II.; for about the latter[...]".

English Royal Signatures

English Royal Signatures
Author: Great Britain. Public Record Office
Publisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO)
Total Pages: 16
Release: 1973
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
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Six Lectures on Economic Growth

Six Lectures on Economic Growth
Author: Simon Kuznets
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2016-11-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1315443066

Originally published in 1959, this book contains in straightforward language a general account of the major variables significant for the analysis of economic development. It stresses above all the quantitative aspects of the economic growth of nations, and establishes a series of propositions on growth patterns based on empirical data from the USA & Canada, Europe, Latin America, South Africa and Australasia. In arriving at his conclusions, the author makes use of national income and its components in emerging and developed economies.