1st Edition

Economic Arithmetic A Guide to the Statistical Sources of English Commerce, Industry, and Finance, 1700-1850

Edited By Stanley H. Palmer Copyright 1977
228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

Economic history is the most quantitative branch of history, reflecting the interests and profiting from the techniques and concepts of economics. 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... Read more

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

Biography

Stanley H. Palmer