R. H. Tawney believed that the subject of economic history raises questions which touch the fundamental concerns of all thinking people. By setting economic development firmly within the framework of cultural and political life, he provided an alternative to the recent fragmentation of economic history into a number of increasingly technical specialisms. For this reason, his work has appealed to Marxists and non-Marxists alike, and still remains controversial. First published in 1978, the introduction by J. M. Winter to this edition of ten of Tawneya??s essays affords the first full evaluation and significance of his approach to economic history. Among the essays included in this volume are the indispensible studies of a?The Rise of the Gentrya?? and a?Harringtona??s Interpretation of His Agea??, as well as a?The Abolition of Economic Controls, 1918-1921a??, here published in full for the first time. Other selections, such as Tawneya??s celebrated inaugural lecture as Professor of...

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