A TREATISE ON THE WEALTH, POWER, AND RESOURCES, OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE,; in every quarter of the world, including the East Indies: The Rise and Progress of the Funding System Explained: with observations on the Natural Resources for the beneficial Employment of a redundant Population, and for regarding the military and Naval Officers, Soldiers, and Seamen, for the Services to their Country during the late War. Illustrated by Copious Statistical Tables, constructed on a new plan, and exhibiting a collected view of the different subjects discussed in this work

COLQUHOUN, P.

Published by Joseph Mawman, London, 1815

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Large 4to, xii, 456, 93. With index and appendix. Many folding statistical plates. Bound in rubbed calf-backed boards, Mostly disbound and needs to be recased. Small bookplate with library stamp. CF. Goldsmiths 21092; Kress C.6464; Ragatz p.288; Amex 104; Mawman, 1815. The first attempt to give a complete statistical survey of Britain and her colonies. "Particularly important, not so much because of its estimates of national wealth, but because of the economic reasoning, however primitive, which is offered in explanation of the facts presented, and of the attempts to state and solve problems - to paraphrase factually, as it were, the more popular doctrines of the times." - Schumpeter. "This book may be regarded as one of the most important bases of economic and socialist researches and criticisms during the Ricardian and Owenite period." - Beer, History of British Socialism. Second Edition, with additions and corrections. Seller Inventory # 29555

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Title: A TREATISE ON THE WEALTH, POWER, AND ...

Publisher: Joseph Mawman, London

Publication Date: 1815