Comments on: [mere beginning of] Chapter 7 How the British Got That Way http://www.deirdremccloskey.com/weblog/2007/04/17/chapter-7/ Deirdre McCloskey Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:33:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Deirdre McCloskey http://www.deirdremccloskey.com/weblog/2007/04/17/chapter-7/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Deirdre McCloskey Wed, 09 May 2007 16:13:25 +0000 http://www.deirdremccloskey.com/weblog/2007/04/17/chapter-7/#comment-192 Dear Ryan: Good idea. One example is drainage of wetlands, a very Dutch project taken up vigorously by the English in the late 17th century. Deirdre Dear Ryan:

Good idea. One example is drainage of wetlands, a very Dutch project taken up vigorously by the English in the late 17th century.

Deirdre

]]> By: Ryan Larkin http://www.deirdremccloskey.com/weblog/2007/04/17/chapter-7/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Ryan Larkin Tue, 01 May 2007 12:41:26 +0000 http://www.deirdremccloskey.com/weblog/2007/04/17/chapter-7/#comment-156 It might be helpful to compare here a few characteristics of British market share before and after they began to copy the Dutch. They were after all only small contributor until after this point. Once others discovered (and I use discovered here because it ties into the idea of Bourgeois Inventive nature and their need for information) that a process was working correctly can we see others jumping on to the bandwagon. Is there a traceble line of "X copies the Dutch and began to profit, Y seeing this then copied X"? - This could indicate an initial copying of a foreign custom but once performed by British merchants it no longer could be considered foreign and therefore a bit more acceptable. It might be helpful to compare here a few characteristics of British market share before and after they began to copy the Dutch. They were after all only small contributor until after this point. Once others discovered (and I use discovered here because it ties into the idea of Bourgeois Inventive nature and their need for information) that a process was working correctly can we see others jumping on to the bandwagon. Is there a traceble line of “X copies the Dutch and began to profit, Y seeing this then copied X”? – This could indicate an initial copying of a foreign custom but once performed by British merchants it no longer could be considered foreign and therefore a bit more acceptable.

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