Studies in Economic and Social History: Essays in Honour of Derek H. Aldcroft.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)

Michael J. Oliver. Studies in Economic and Social History: Essays in Honour of Derek H. Aldcroft. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2002. Pp. xxvi, 275. $84.95. ISBN 0-7546-0371-7.

Derek Aldcroft has for more than thirty years been one of the most distinguished, prolific, and accessible economic historians, with thirteen single-authored and seven co-authored books, fifteen edited works and over eighty articles to his credit. His long academic career was spent chiefly at the University of Leicester, interrupted by spells at the University of Glasgow and as a professor and chair at the ...

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