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A History of Prices: And Of the State of The Circulation
by Tooke, Thomas
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
In 6 volumes, covering 1793-1856; vol. 1 published 1838, vol. 6 published 1857. Very Good: no cracks or tears, slight abrasions on spine of volume four.
Tooke's groundbreaking analysis of the financial and commercial history of the period, concentrating on the principles of pricing, monetary circulation, issuance and valuation/devaluation of currency, the effects and principles of bank-issued currency, the effects of weather, war, monopoly, transportation and colonialism upon the mechanisms of pricing.
Tooke's groundbreaking analysis of the financial and commercial history of the period, concentrating on the principles of pricing, monetary circulation, issuance and valuation/devaluation of currency, the effects and principles of bank-issued currency, the effects of weather, war, monopoly, transportation and colonialism upon the mechanisms of pricing.
Extended Description and Notes
In 6 volumes, covering 1793-1856; vol. 1 published 1838, vol. 6 published 1857. Very Good: no cracks or tears, slight abrasions on spine of volume four.
Tooke's groundbreaking analysis of the financial and commercial history of the period, concentrating on the principles of pricing, monetary circulation, issuance and valuation/devaluation of currency, the effects and principles of bank-issued currency, the effects of weather, war, monopoly, transportation and colonialism upon the mechanisms of pricing.
A classic and very hard-to-find primary resource for economic historians.
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- Setton Book Collection
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92
- Title
- A History of Prices
- Author
- Tooke, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Three-quarter calf, marbled boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1838 - 1857
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Banking in Europe, effects of new discoveries of gold, economic history, British economy, inflation, 18th, 19th century economics, wartime production, economic effects of colonialism, economic statistics, free trade, paper money, railways
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