'Big data' is now readily available to economic historians. This new volume shows how sophisticated statistical techniques can be used to identify the hidden patterns within these large datasets. Topics addressed in this volume include prices and the standard of living, money supply, credit markets, land values and land use, transport, technological innovation, and business networks.

1. Introduction: Research methods for large databases Mark Casson and Nigar Hashimzade 2. Long-run Price Dynamics: The measurement of substitutability between commodities Mark Casson, Nigar Hashimzade and Catherine Casson 3. The Quantity Theory of Money in Historical Perspective Nick Mayhew 4. Medieval Foreign Exchange: A time series analysis Adrian Bell, Chris Brooks and Tony K. Moore 5. Local Property Values in Fourteenth and Fifteenth-century England Margaret Yates, Anna Campbell and Mark Casson 6. Visual Analytics for Large-scale Actor Networks, with an Application to Liverpool Business Networks John Haggerty and Sheryllynne Haggerty 7. Railways and Local Population Growth: Northamptonshire and Rutland, 1801-91 Mark Casson, Leigh Shaw-Taylor, A.E.M. Satchell and E.A. Wrigley 8. Women's Land Ownership in Nineteenth-century England Janet Casson 9. The Diffusion of Steam Technology in England: Ploughing engines, 1860-1930 Jane McCutchan 10. Industrious Burglars: Funding consumption from property crime Jane Humphries, Sara Horrell and Ken Sneath