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Dr. Alexander Wakelam is a Research Associate at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, specializing in economic history of 18th-19th century Britain. His work explores occupations, women’s work, credit/debt systems, and insolvency, with a focus on historical social and legal contexts. He is affiliated with the Keynes Fund, which supports interdisciplinary research.
- Fields of Interest: Economic History, Social History, Gender Studies, Legal History, Financial Systems.
His research integrates archival analysis with digital humanities methods, particularly through the I-CeM (Inter-Connected Microdata) project, creating standardized datasets for historical population and employment studies. He has authored influential articles on debtors’ prisons, coercive financial practices, and gendered economic experiences, including case studies of individual debtors like Burton Brace and Captain Charles Papps Price.
- Key Contributions: Analysis of eighteenth-century debt enforcement, gendered accountability in credit systems, and commercial practices of marginalized groups.
