Economic Arithmetic

Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- I. The Statistics of Commerce -- (a) Historiography -- (b) Puposes and Pocedures -- (c) Pitfalls in the Statistics -- (d) Sources for Commercial Statistics -- (e) The Uses of Statistics and William Playfair -- (f) The Age of Statistics, 1820-50 -- (g) The Lost Legacy, 1823-1900 -- II. Prices -- III. The Textile Industries -- (a) Wool and Woolens -- (b) Linens -- (c) Cottons -- (d) Silk -- IV. The Mining Industries -- (a) Copper -- (b) Tin -- (c) Lead -- (d) Coal -- V. The Iron Industry -- VI. Banking and Finance -- VII. Finis -- Bibliography -- Index