How long was the working day in London in the 1750s? Evidence from the courtroom
Little is known about the length of the working year in pre-industrial times. This paper develops a new method for analysing patterns of time-use in the past. Witnesses' accounts in court records, it will be argued, reflect the actual behaviour of a group that is representative of the po...
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University of Oxford
1996
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