British economy of the nineteenth century; essays.

Author
Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1948.
Description
240 p. 23 cm.

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    8vo. rdabf
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • pt. 1. Analysis: Trends in the British economy: 1790-1914
    • Cycles in the British economy: 1790-1914
    • Investment and the Great Depression
    • Investment and real wages: 1873-86
    • pt. 2. Economic factors and politics: Trade cycles, harvests, and politics: 1790-1850
    • Economic factors and politics: Britain in the nineteenth century
    • pt. 3. Economic theories: Explanations of the Great Depression
    • Bagehot and the trade cycle
    • pt. 4. Narrative: The Depression of the seventies: 1874-9: Sect. 1. General ; Sect. 2. The money market ; Sect. 3. Long-term investment ; Sect. 4. Commerce and industry ; Sect. 5. Labour ; Note: the principle statistical indexes
    • Appendix: Mr. Kalecki on the distribution of income, 1800-1913.
    LCCN
    48010361
    OCLC
    2474626
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