1st Edition
England's Foreign Trade in the Nineteenth Century Its Economic and Social Results
By A.L. Bowley
Copyright 2006
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.
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;
Biography
Arthur Lyon Bowley, 1896-1957, Cobden Prizeman (Cambridge), Trinity College.