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How did organisations adapt to change in the 18th and 19th century: Lessons from the Bank of England Archives…
Industrialisation was not the only driver of change during the eighteenth century. Recent historiography has revealed more about the financial and organisational revolutions that helped to shape the British state and the country’s economic development. The Bank of England was … Continue reading
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A Page in the Life of Elizabeth Jeake: unfeigned love among mercantile matters
In the absence of her own writings and her virtual absence from the many pages of Samuel’s writings, Elizabeth’s life can only be reconstructed from the letters she left behind, both those she wrote and those she received. Click here … Continue reading
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