Ashton, Thomas Southcliffe 1889-1968
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Born 1889 · died 1968
Thomas Southcliffe Ashton was an English economic historian. He was professor of economic history at the London School of Economics at the University of London from 1944 until 1954, and Emeritus Professor until his death in 1968. His best known work is the 1948 textbook The Industrial Revolution (1760–1830), which emphasizes the economic and social achievements of the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom.
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Miscellaneous notes on the economic history of the 18th century. COLL MISC 9457, British Library of Political and Economic Science (BLPES).
Letters to Manchester Guardian 1930-56, Manchester Guardian Archive, John Rylands Library, Manchester
Correspondents
FRIEDRICH AUGUST VON HAYEK, Correspondence 1948-54, Hayek Papers, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University
FRITZ MACLHUP, Correspondence 1951-2, Machlup Papers, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University
MICHAEL MOSSEY POSTAN, Correspondence 1939-41, ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIETY/0/1, BLPES
EILEEN EDNA LE POER POWER, Correspondence 1939-41, ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIETY/0/1, BLPES
LIONEL CHARLES ROBBINS, Correspondence 1933 and 1960, Robbins Papers, BLPES
Printed material
ODNB; R.S. Sayers, ‘Thomas Southcliffe Ashton’, Proceedings of the British Academy 56 (1970) 263-81