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The Laissez-Faire Experiment : Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800-1914.
De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2024 Available online
De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2024- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanlon, W. Walker.
- Series:
- The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Series
- The Princeton Economic History of the Western World ; 97
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Free enterprise--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Free enterprise.
- Great Britain--Economic policy--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Social policy--19th century.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (505 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2024].
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for ""The Laissez-Faire Experiment"".
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- 1. Introduction
- Part I: The Coming of Laissez-Faire
- 2. The Prelude to Laissez-faire
- 3. The Rise of Laissez-faire in Britain
- Part II: Challenges to Laissez-Faire
- 4. Economic Challenges to Laissez-faire
- 5. Why Government? Theories ofMarket Failure
- 6. Science, Technology, and Statistics
- Part III: Abandoning Laissez-Faire
- 7. Overview of Part III
- 8. Regulating Factory Labor
- 9. Mining Labor Regulation
- 10. Policing
- 11. Urban Public Health
- 12. Gas Supply
- 13. Pollution
- 14. Vaccination
- 15. Consumer Protection
- 16. Regulating Seaborne Trade
- 17. Railroad Regulation
- 18. The Telegraph
- 19. Education
- 20. Insuring the Unemployed
- 21. The Liberal Welfare Reforms
- 22. Conclusion
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hanlon, W. Walker The Laissez-Faire Experiment
- ISBN:
- 9780691262536
- OCLC:
- 1443082733
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