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Apprenticeship and economic growth in early modern England

Wallis, Patrick ORCID: 0000-0003-1434-515X (2025) Apprenticeship and economic growth in early modern England. LSE Review of Books (28 Apr 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In this extract from the introduction to his new book, The Market for Skill: Apprenticeship and Economic Growth in Early Modern England, Patrick Wallis explains how apprenticeship transformed England’s workforce from the 16th to 19th century, fostering human capital, innovation, urbanisation and economic growth. The Market for Skill: Apprenticeship and Economic Growth in Early Modern England. Patrick Wallis. Princeton University Press. 2025.

Item Type: Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information: © 2025 The Author
Divisions: Economic History
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D204 Modern History
D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
Date Deposited: 03 Jun 2025 10:09
Last Modified: 03 Jun 2025 10:09
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/128251

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