{"product_id":"a-select-collection-of-scarce-and-valuable-economical-tracts-from-the-originals-of-defoe-elking-franklin-turgot-anderson-schomberg-townsend-burke-bell-and-others-paperback-9781108083737","title":"A Select Collection of Scarce and Valuable Economical Tracts; From the Originals of Defoe, Elking, Franklin, Turgot, Anderson, Schomberg, Townsend, Burke, Bell, and Others (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108083737","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Select Collection of Scarce and Valuable Economical Tracts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the Originals of Defoe, Elking, Franklin, Turgot, Anderson, Schomberg, Townsend, Burke, Bell, and Others\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn 1859 collection of eleven pieces ranging in date from 1685 to 1808, and in content from whaling to pawnbroking.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. R. McCulloch (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108083737, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 March 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e600 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 13.7 x 3.5 cm, 0.78 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA friend, correspondent and intellectual successor to David Ricardo, John Ramsay McCulloch (1789–1864) forged his reputation in the emerging field of political economy by publishing deeply researched articles in Scottish periodicals and the Encyclopaedia Britannica. From 1828 he spent nearly a decade as professor of political economy in the newly founded University of London, thereafter becoming comptroller of the Stationery Office. Perhaps the first professional economist, McCulloch had become internationally renowned by the middle of the century, recognised for sharing his ideas through lucid lecturing and writing. The present work, privately printed in 1859, contains eleven miscellaneous texts. Contextualised by McCulloch's editorial preface, they range in date from 1685 to 1808, and in content across the economic impact of building, charity, whaling, pawnbroking, the Corn Laws and the Poor Laws. Several other works written or edited by McCulloch are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. An apology for the builder\u003cbr\u003e 2. Giving alms no charity, and employing the poor a grievance to the nation\u003cbr\u003e 3. A view of the Greenland trade and whale-fishery, with the national and private advantages thereof\u003cbr\u003e 4. An apology for the business of pawn-broking\u003cbr\u003e 5. Extracts from the works of Dr Franklin\u003cbr\u003e 6. Reflections on the formation and distribution of wealth\u003cbr\u003e 7. Extract from an inquiry into the nature of the Corn Laws\u003cbr\u003e 8. A treatise on the maritime law of Rhodes\u003cbr\u003e 9. A dissertation on the poor laws\u003cbr\u003e 10. Thoughts and details on scarcity\u003cbr\u003e 11. An inquiry into the policy and justice of the prohibition of the use of grain in the distilleries\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266214678808,"sku":"9781108083737","price":40.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108083737i_ceba3f52-7b8e-4d1b-93ad-049295b086bd.jpg?v=1696751875","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-select-collection-of-scarce-and-valuable-economical-tracts-from-the-originals-of-defoe-elking-franklin-turgot-anderson-schomberg-townsend-burke-bell-and-others-paperback-9781108083737","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}