movements were much more dramatic in the shares of the newly incorporated London Assurance (LA) Company. This paper uses unique … archival material on the London Assurance to address three important debates around the 1720 bubble. First, it examines …

Chapter 1: A short history of builder’s wages in Economic History -- Chapter 2: The market for building -- Chapter 3 …: Contractors -- Chapter 4: Contracts and ways of working in the building trades -- Chapter 5: What did bosses (in London …This book presents a new economic history of London construction in the early modern period. Drawing on extensive …