- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Urban Scene
- 2 The House
- 3 Street and Square
- 4 Prospects, Planning, and Public Buildings
- 5 The Arts
- 6 Arenas of Display
- 7 Sport
- 8 The Economic Foundations
- 9 The Pursuit of Status
- 10 Civility and Sociability
- 11 Cultural Differentiation
- 12 Town and Nation
- Appendix 1 Provincial Urban Squares 1680–1770
- Appendix 2 Provincial Town Halls and Mayoral Residences 1655–1770
- Appendix 3 Provincial Urban Theatres 1700–1770
- Appendix 4 Provincial Urban Music 1660–1770
- Appendix 5 Provincial Urban Assemblies, Assembly Rooms, and Balls 1660–1770<sup>37</sup>
- Appendix 6 Provincial Urban Walks and Gardens 1630–1770
- Appendix 7 Horse-Race Meetings 1500–1770
- A. Manuscript Sources
- B. Acts of Parliament
- C. Newspapers
- D. Maps
- E. Printed Sources and Unpublished Theses
- Index
The Economic Foundations
The Economic Foundations
- Chapter:
- (p.199) 8 The Economic Foundations
- Source:
- The English Urban Renaissance
- Author(s):
Peter Borsay
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter examines the socio-economic foundations of the Urban Renaissance in Britain. Two interrelated factors of economics are discussed: the flow of wealth or demand, and the means of production or supply. Commerce, agriculture, and industry flourished sharply during this period and these changed the shape of the nation's economy. The prosperity that was generated gave new flows of wealth and it reshaped a whole pattern of consumption. The products and facilities of the Urban Renaissance were luxurious in nature and the demand for high-status cultural goods depended upon surplus wealth. In addition, the emergence of a leisure and luxury industry depended upon the supply of entrepreneurial skills. These new industries paved the way for the discovery and development of several ambitious men of relatively low social background.
Keywords: socio-economic foundations, economics, wealth, demand, production, supply, luxury, consumption
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Urban Scene
- 2 The House
- 3 Street and Square
- 4 Prospects, Planning, and Public Buildings
- 5 The Arts
- 6 Arenas of Display
- 7 Sport
- 8 The Economic Foundations
- 9 The Pursuit of Status
- 10 Civility and Sociability
- 11 Cultural Differentiation
- 12 Town and Nation
- Appendix 1 Provincial Urban Squares 1680–1770
- Appendix 2 Provincial Town Halls and Mayoral Residences 1655–1770
- Appendix 3 Provincial Urban Theatres 1700–1770
- Appendix 4 Provincial Urban Music 1660–1770
- Appendix 5 Provincial Urban Assemblies, Assembly Rooms, and Balls 1660–1770<sup>37</sup>
- Appendix 6 Provincial Urban Walks and Gardens 1630–1770
- Appendix 7 Horse-Race Meetings 1500–1770
- A. Manuscript Sources
- B. Acts of Parliament
- C. Newspapers
- D. Maps
- E. Printed Sources and Unpublished Theses
- Index
