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Hrothgar John Habakkuk (1915–2002)

In: The Palgrave Companion to Oxford Economics

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Hrothgar John Habakkuk was predominantly a historian of English landed society who tackled the major issue of why the peasantry declined and large landowners dominated. Alongside this consistent interest, he opened up a major topic of the distinctive features of technology in Britain and the United States in the nineteenth century which he explained by factor endowments. His interest in demography pointed to what has since become the dominant view that the increase in the English population during the Industrial Revolution depended on changes in the birth rate driven by changes in marriage. Despite his considerable achievements, Habakkuk was uneasy with the rise of the ‘new economic history’ or cliometrics and turned to an administrative career as head of a college and Vice-Chancellor at Oxford.

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  • F. M. L. Thompson, 2021. "Hrothgar John Habakkuk (1915–2002)," Springer Books, in: Robert A. Cord (ed.), The Palgrave Companion to Oxford Economics, edition 1, chapter 18, pages 417-440, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-58471-9_18
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-58471-9_18
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