W. Cunningham

The Growth of English Industry and Commerce

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A large-scale economic study by the historian William Cunningham (1849-1919), published in its first edition in 1882.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781107679184
• ISBN-10: 1107679184
• Artikelnr.: 34447030

Inhaltsangabe

Part VII. Laissez Faire: 1. The workshop of the world
2. The introduction of machinery in the textile trades
3. Aggravation of the evils of transition
4. Human welfare
5. Faculties for transport
Postscript
Appendix A. Wages assessments
Appendix B. Enclosure and depopulation in 1607
Appendix C. The action of James I and Charles I in regard to trade and the colonies
Appendix D. Colonial and commercial administration under Charles II
Appendix E. Complaints from the counties, 1650
Appendix F. Statistics of progress, with diagrams showing (i) the increase of revenue and of the charge on the debt, and (ii) the growth of population and of the charge for the poor-rate
Appendix G. Some difficulties in the interpretation of historical statistics
Bibliographical index
General index.