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Colonial Possession: Personal Property and Social Identity in British India, 1780-1848
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The research assesses the acquisition, use, meaning and circulation of personal possessions by propertied Britons in India, c. 1780-1850. Quantitative data from wills and a unique collection of inventories was collected to underpin qualitative analysis of changing consumer preferences within the...
Sources for Medieval Ireland in the National Archives of the United Kingdom, c. 1200 - c. 1485
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of the research project from which this digital resource arose were to facilitate more effective research into the history of Anglo-Irish relations in the Middle Ages, with special emphasis on the economic and social aspects of these relations, and to broaden the knowledge base of scholars...
Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Identity Assurance Module, January, February and April, 2016
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) is an omnibus survey that collects data from respondents in Great Britain. Information is gathered on a range of subjects, commissioned both internally by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and by external clients (other government departments, charities,...
Thame, Oxfordshire in the Seventeenth Century
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this project was to produce a social and economic history of the town of Thame, Oxfordshire in the seventeenth century, with special emphases on the way in which local families controlled the town's economy and on the connections between agriculture and the trades of the town. A biographical...
Wealth, Household Expenditure, and Consumer Goods in Preindustrial England and America, 1550-1800
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.These data explore changes in English and American consumption between 1550 and 1800.Main Topics:The probate inventories (Parts 1-11) include information about personal wealth, household production, and the possession of consumer durables and semi-durables. The household survey for England circa 1790 ...
The Danish West Indies Panel
Economic-demographic panel dataset over the Danish West Indies (current-day US Virgin Islands), 1760-1914. The dataset contains demographic information on the population, and their ownership of property. The dataset has been assembled from primary sources in the Danish National Archive's collection, for more than 50 benchmark years. The dataset contains information about...