Pat Hudson
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Education

In 1971 Hudson was awarded a B.Sc. Economics from the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

 and this was followed in 1981 by a PhD in History and Economic History from the University of York
University of York
The University of York , is an academic institution located in the city of York, England. Established in 1963, the campus university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects...

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Research

She is noted economic historian of the British Industrial revolution whose research has been noted for its stress on the wider economic, social and cultural aspects rather than an over-simplistic concentration of the role of individual entrepreneurs and gadgets. She has also researched, the textile industry especially wool textiles, proto-industrialisation, regional and local history. Some of her work has also stressed the appropriate use of economic theory for historians and quantitative research method.

Selected Publications

  • Pat Hudson (2009) Reflections on the cliometrics
    Cliometrics
    Cliometrics, sometimes called new economic history, or econometric history, is the systematic application of economic theory, econometric techniques, and other formal or mathematical methods to the study of history . It is a quantitative approach to economic history...

    revolution: conversations with economic historians, The Economic History Review, 62, no. 3 pages 779-781
  • Pat Hudson (2000) History by Numbers: An Introduction to Quantitative Approaches, Arnold
  • Pat Hudson (1992) The Industrial Revolution, Edward Arnold
  • Pat Hudson (1986) The Genesis of Industrial Capital: A Study of the West Riding Wool Textile Industry, c.1750-1850, Cambridge University Press.
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