2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Living Standards in Industrial Revolution Britain : Poverty and Economic Crime
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19730244
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Economic history
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| Research Institution | Kansai University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAMOTO Chiaki Kansai University, 大学院・経済学研究科, 准教授 (10388415)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | 数量経済史 / 生活水準 / 貧困 / 犯罪 / 労働市場 |
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| Research Abstract |
Calendars of the Prisoners held at the Staffordshire County Record Office have been digitized. The database covers the period from 1781 to 1851. The list of stolen goods derived from the database includes cash as well as coal, bread, and domestic poultry, which indicates that the theft was one important element of their "makeshift" economy. At the same time, we see some gentrification of stolen goods in Wolverhampton, which became a parliamentary borough in 1832 and was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1848.
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