Economic Arithmetic: A Guide To The Statistical Sources Of English Commerce, Industry, And Finance, 1700-1850 (Routledge Library Editions: The Industrial Revolution)

Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- I. The Statistics of Commerce -- (a) Historiography -- (b) Puposes and Pocedures -- (c) Pitfalls in the Statistics -- (d) Sources for Commercial Statistics -- (e) The Uses of Statistics and William Playfair -- (f) The Age of Statistics, 1820-50 -- (g) The Lost Legacy, 1823-1900 -- II. Prices -- III. The Textile Industries -- (a) Wool and Woolens -- (b) Linens -- (c) Cottons -- (d) Silk -- IV. The Mining Industries -- (a) Copper -- (b) Tin -- (c) Lead -- (d) Coal -- V. The Iron Industry -- VI. Banking and Finance -- VII. Finis -- Bibliography -- Index

• | Author: Stanley H. Palmer
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: May 15, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 228 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138707627
• | ISBN-13: 9781138707627