The Growth of English Industry and Commerce, Part 2, Laissez Faire
In Modern Times

A large-scale economic study by the historian William Cunningham (1849–1919), published in its first edition in 1882.

W. Cunningham (Author)

9781107679184, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 February 2012

450 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.65 kg

The Growth of English Industry and Commerce, published in its first edition in 1882, was a large-scale economic study by the historian William Cunningham (1849–1919). The ambitious work ultimately grew to encompass two volumes, divided into three parts, and reissued over a period of more than forty years in several revised and expanded editions. This book contains the 1907 fourth edition of the second part of Volume II, dealing with laissez faire in commerce. It covers the period of economic history from about the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to the middle of the nineteenth century.

Part VII. Laissez Faire: 1. The workshop of the world
2. The introduction of machinery in the textile trades
3. Aggravation of the evils of transition
4. Human welfare
5. Faculties for transport
Postscript
Appendix A. Wages assessments
Appendix B. Enclosure and depopulation in 1607
Appendix C. The action of James I and Charles I in regard to trade and the colonies
Appendix D. Colonial and commercial administration under Charles II
Appendix E. Complaints from the counties, 1650
Appendix F. Statistics of progress, with diagrams showing (i) the increase of revenue and of the charge on the debt, and (ii) the growth of population and of the charge for the poor-rate
Appendix G. Some difficulties in the interpretation of historical statistics
Bibliographical index
General index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]