Economic Arithmetic - A Guide to Statistical Sources of English Commerce, Industry,

This essay, first published in 1977, provides an extensive contribution to quantitative historiography by delivering a critical guide to the sources of the numerical data of the period 1700 to 1850. This title will be of interest to students of history, finance and economics.

List of contents

List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; 1. The Statistics of Commerce 2. Prices 3. The Textile Industries 4. The Mining Industries 5. The Iron Industry 6. Banking and Finance 7. Finis; Bibliography; Index

About the author

Stanley H. Palmer

Summary

This essay, first published in 1977, provides an extensive contribution to quantitative historiography by delivering a critical guide to the sources of the numerical data of the period 1700 to 1850. This title will be of interest to students of history, finance and economics.

Product details

• Authors: Palmer, Stanley H Palmer, Stanley H. Palmer
• Assisted by: Stanley H Palmer (Editor), Stanley H. Palmer (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2017
• EAN: 9781138707627
• ISBN: 978-1-138-70762-7
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Industrial Revolution; Routledge Library Editions: The Industrial Revolution
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries