The Boot and Shoe Trades in London and Paris in the Long Eighteenth Century

List of Figures
1.1 - Hides and skins charged with duty in England and Wales, 1720-1820 page 24
1.2 - Leather production and leather trades in the pre-industrial economy 26
1.3 - Hides and skins per capita in England and Wales, 1720-1820 37
1.4 - French leather manufacture export, 1832-1865 42
1.5 - English leather export, 1697-1807 44
2.1 - London Cordwainers' apprentices, 1690-1820 68
2.2 - London Cordwainers' apprentices training, 1765-1801 69
2.3 - Apprentices from shoemakers' families 73
2.4 - Methods of entering the London Cordwainers' Company, 1690-1830 76
3.1 - Gender differences of shoe possession in Parisian wardrobes, c. 1700 99
3.2 - British Navy's shoe commissions, 1760-1795 102
3.3 - Estimated English shoe export, 1700-1805 106
3.4 - Prices of men's shoes, 1720-1860 113
3.5 - Prices of men's boots, 1720-1860 113
3.6 - Prices of women's shoes, 1760-1860 114
3.7 - Prices of women's boots, 1760-1860 114
3.8 - Prices of boots and shoes, 1720-1860 115
4.1 - Peal & Co. - Customers and their debts, 1840-1852 192
4.2 - Peal & Co. - Orders received, 1848-1852 195
4.3 - Peal & Co. - Goods sent out, 1848-1852 196
4.4 - Peal & Co. - monetary fluxes, 1848-1852 197
5.1 - Traditional workshop system 217
5.2 - Workshop and de-centralised production 217
5.3 - John Edwards - Number of shoes produced, 175 1-1757 220
5.4 - John Edwards - Monthly average sale of shoes, 1751-1757 221
5.5 - John Edwards - Types of shoes produced, 175 1-1757 221
5.6 - Joseph Edwards - Average length of credit to customers, 1751-1757 224
5.7 - Joseph Edwards - Cumulated frequency of credit to customers, 1751-1757 224
5.8 - Classic space of juxtaposition of firms 226
5.9 - Virtual space of availability of skills 226
5.10 - Shoemakers' seasonal employment in England in the second half of the
eighteenth century 230
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