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The Industrial Revolution: Being the Parts Entitled Parliamentary Colbertism and Laissez Faire, Reprinted from The Growth of English Industry and Commerce in Modern Times

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William Cunningham

The University Press, 1908 - 886 pages

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CONTENTS	397

class The improvements in production led to the adoption of a new policy	399

PARLIAMENTARY COLBERTISM	403

controlled the administrative system The legislative method of fostering	406

new power over the plantations in a jealous spirit as they were afraid	413

PUBLIC FINANCE	419

CURRENCY AND CREDIT	431

which advanced money on more favourable terms than the goldsmiths	439

came into use the cotton weavers enjoyed great prosperity temporarily	491

mills though possibly illegal was permitted since they did the work well	503

differentiation of an employing class occurred in the spinning trade and	506

incursion gave opportunities for planting new industries which Parliament	515

evitable difficulties of transition were aggravated by the fluctuations of trade	520

trade underwent little change in organisation but was exposed to difficulties	522

stimulated the coal trade which had been growing through the demand	526

communication had often been projected for conveying corn and the	532

ditions of Credit were imperfectly recognised Business assumed a specu	446

cotton factories attracted attention not from the danger of overwork	449

public it had to reduce its operations in 1704 and after a period of fierce	453

rampant The malpractice of the officials and the impoverished condition	463

Navigation Act supplied a suitable mechanism for controlling their traffic	471

were habitually taken to open and retain foreign markets for English cloth	482

for the employment of shipping the statesmen of the day maintained their	483

organised under Elizabeth and was developed by the establishment of	490

SPIRITED PROPRIETORS AND SUBSTANTIAL TENANTS	540

progress of improvement and enclosure put an end to subsistence farming	552

from time to time discussions which throw light on contemporary social	562

industry was the prime object of economic policy during the period of Whig	575

The encouragement of the English landed interest reacted unfavourably	580

colonies broke up the British commercial system and discredited	588

would increase and that special encouragements were needless and costly	593

LAISSEZ FAIRE

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Titre	The Industrial Revolution: Being the Parts Entitled Parliamentary Colbertism and Laissez Faire, Reprinted from The Growth of English Industry and Commerce in Modern Times
Auteur	William Cunningham
Éditeur	The University Press, 1908
Original provenant de	Université de Harvard
Numérisé	17 mars 2009
Longueur	886 pages

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