The history of British commerce and of the economic progress of the British nation. 1763-1878 / by Leone Levi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levi, Leone, 1821-1888.

Series:

Making of the Modern World, Part II : 1851-1914.

The Making of the Modern World, Part II : 1851-1914

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Commerce--History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (19, 579 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : J. Murray, 1880.

Contents:

Pt. I. 1763-1792. From the end of the Seven Years' War to the French Revolution. The foundation of British productive industry ; Development of national resources ; Progress of foreign trade ; The American Revolution and war ; Mr. Pitt's peace administration.

Pt. II. 1793-1820. From the French Revolution to the resumption of cash payments. The French Revolution and the effects on banking and currency ; State of finance during the war of the French Revolution ; Currency and banking in France ; The orders in Council and the Berlin and Milan decrees ; The foreign exchanges and the Bullion Committee ; Resumption of cash payments ; Commercial and economic progress, 1801-1821.

Pt. III. 1820-1840. From the inauguration of peace to the introduction of postal reforms. The petition of London merchants ; Mr. Huskisson's commercial reforms ; Relations of masters and servants ; The commercial crisis of 1825-6 ; Railways and shipping ; Commercial and economic progress, 1821-1831 ; Finance and banking ; Corn laws ; The commercial crisis of 1836 and 1839 ; American banking ; Relations with India and China ; The Opium War ; The colonial trade ; Postal reforms ; Commercial and economic progress, 1830-1840.

Pt. IV. 1840-1860. From the Robert Peel's commercial reforms to the commercial crisis of 1857. Sir Robert Peel's commercial reforms ; The Bank Charter Acts ; Scotch and Irish banking ; Repeal of the Corn and Navigation Laws ; Railway enterprise ; The commercial crisis of 1847 ; Commercial and economic progress, 1840-1850 ; International exhibition ; The gold discoveries in California and Australia ; Chambers of Commerce and commercial laws ; Partnerships and joint stock companies ; Patents, copyrights, and trade marks ; Commercial law reforms ; Mr. Gladstone's budget ; The Russian war ; Trade with China ; Trade with Japan and Siam ; The commercial crisis of 1857 ; Commercial and economic progress, 1850-1860.

Pt. V. 1860-1878. From the conclusion of the treaty of commerce with France to the state of British commerce in 1878. Treaties of commerce ; The Associated Chambers of Commerce and commercial opinions ; Civil War in the United States and its influence on British commerce ; The Alabama dispute ; The commercial crisis of 1866 ; International weights, measures, and coins ; The Suez Canal ; Commercial and economic progress, 1860-1870 ; Revival and depression of trade ; Work and wages ; Comparative progress of commercial nations ; Commercial relations with foreign countries ; British industry ; State of British commerce ; Commercial and economic progress, 1870-1878 ; Increase of wealth.

Appendix. A. Progress of population and wealth ; B. British exports - declared value of British and Irish produce exported to various foreign countries and British possessions in 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1878 ; C. Course of exchange - London on Paris, 1825-1878 ; D. Treaties of commerce and navigation between Great Britain and foreign countries in force on July 31, 1879.

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the Hiroshima University of Economics.

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