England's Foreign Trade in the Nineteenth Century

Its Economic and Social Results
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-138-86528-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

Reihe: Economic History

This text offers a short account of England's foreign trade in the nineteenth century and looks at the economic and social results of commerce. First published in 1893, this is a revised version and it includes ten statistical diagrams.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bowley, A. L.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 I.—Introductory; Chapter 1 1. england’s commercial condition internally; Chapter 2 2. england’s commercial relations abroad; Chapter 3 3. division of labour; Chapter 4 4. digression on changes in the value of gold and the use of index numbers; Part 2 II.—The French Wars, 1793–1815; b2_Chapter 1 1. the expense of the war and hindrances to trade; b2_Chapter 2 2. permanent effects of the war on commercf; b2_Chapter 3 3. the industrial revolution; Part 3 III.—The Battle Over Free Trade; b3_Chapter 1 1. introductory; b3_Chapter 2 2. principles and history of free trade; b3_Chapter 3 3. england’s adoption of free trade; b3_Chapter 4 4. the immediate effects of free trade; Part 4 IV.—Success of Free trade, 1850–1870; b4_Chapter 1 1. unlimited expansion; b4_Chapter 2 2. treaties with foreign countries; b4_Chapter 3 3. american war and its effects—trade with the united states and india; b4_Chapter 4 4. balance of imports and exports—england’s foreign investments; Part 5 V.—Trade in the Period, 1870–1892; b5_Chapter 1 1. the crises of 1873 and 1883, and their causes,; b5_Chapter 2 2. the construction of railways, and the effect of increased facilities of transport; b5_Chapter 3 3. digression on silver and its history (1870–1893); b5_Chapter 4 4. the steady increase of volume of imports and exports, and the proportion per head of the population; Part 6 VI.—England’s Present Position; b6_Chapter 1 1. the present position of england’s great trades; b6_Chapter 2 2. exports and foreign competition; b6_Chapter 3 3. imports and agriculture; b6_Chapter 4 4. conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Arthur Lyon Bowley, 1896-1957, Cobden Prizeman (Cambridge), Trinity College.