INTRODUCTION1
PART Ⅰ ON THE EFFECT OF THE SEASONS
CHAPTER ⅠGENERAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT
CHAPTER ⅡEFFECTS OF QUANTITY ON PRICE
CHAPTER ⅢON THE CHARACTER OF THE SEASONS AND THE STATE OF
PRICES, AND THE CONDITION OF THE AGRICULTURAL
INTERESTS PREVIOUS TO 1793
SECTION 1 Period ending in 1692
SECTION 2 1693 to 1714
SECTION 3 1715 to 1765
SECTION 4 1765 to 1775
SECTION 5 1775 to 1793
PART Ⅱ ON THE EFFECT OF WAR
CHAPTER ⅠGENERAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT
CHAPTER ⅡEFFECTS OF TAXATION ON THE FLUCTUATION OF GENERAL PRICES98
CHAPTER ⅢEFFECT OF THE EXTRA DEMAND OR CONSUMPTION SUPPOSED TO ARISE OUT OF A STATE OF WAR IN GENERAL101
SECTION 1Extra demand or consumption arising
out of a state of war in general101
SECTION 2Effect of the extra demand or consumption attributed specially to the last war111
SECTION 3On the effects of the monopoly of trade enjoyed by this country during the last war115
SECTION 4Effects of the stimulus or excitement supposed to
have been occasioned by the government
expenditure during the last war
CHAPTER ⅣEFFECTS OF WAR, AS OBSTRUCTING
SUPPLY, AND INCREASING THE COST OF PRODUCTION
PART Ⅲ ON THE CURRENCY
CHAPTER ⅠGENERAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT
CHAPTER ⅡARGUMENTS OF THOSE WHO ASCRIBE A GREATER EFFECT TO THE
BANK RESTRICTIONTHAN THAT INDICATED BY THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE MARKET PRICE AND THE MINT PRICE OF GOLD
SECTION 1On the alleged effect of the bank restriction
in depreciating the value of the precious metals
SECTION 2Effect of the bank restriction
on the economised use of money
SECTION 3Effect ascribed to the bank restriction of the substitution of credit for currency, and of the
excessive issues of country paper
SECTION 4On the alleged constant excess of issue by the
bank of England, and thence of the whole of the circulating medium162
SECTION 5On the regulation of the
bank issues during the restriction
SECTION 6On the effect of the bank
restriction in raising the prices of commodities
SECTION 7On the alleged invariable connection of increase of price
with the bank restriction, and on the effect of the near approach of the termination of the restriction producing a fall of prices greatly
exceeding the difference between paper and gold
PART Ⅳ HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PRICES, AND OF THE STATE
OF THE CIRCULATION, FROM 1792 TO 1837
CHAPTER ⅠINTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ⅡON THE STATE OF PRICES, AND OF THE CIRCULATION,
FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF 1793 TO THE CLOSE OF 1798
SECTION 1On the seasons in connection with the prices
of provisions, from 1793 to the close of 1798
SECTION 2On the prices of commodities from 1793 to 1798
SECTION 3Bank circulation, 1793 to 1798
SECTION 4Summary of the preceding survey
CHAPTER ⅢON THE STATE OF PRICES, AND OF THE
CIRCULATION, FROM 1799 TO 1803
SECTION 1Rise of the prices of provisions and other articles of
European produce from the spring of 1799 to the spring of 1801224
SECTION 2Rise of wages from 1799 to 1801
SECTION 3Statement of the general causes of the rise of the
prices of commodities and labour from 1799 to 1801
SECTION 4Great fall of the prices of transatlantic produce
from the spring of 1799 to the spring of 1801
SECTION 5Fall of the prices of provisions from the spring of 1801 to the close of 1803251
SECTION 6On the state of the circulation from 1799 to 1803254
SECTION 7Summary of the preceding survey267
CHAPTER ⅣSTATE OF PRICES AND OF THE CIRCULATION FROM THE
COMMENCEMENT OF 1804 TO THE CLOSE OF 1808269
SECTION 1Deficiency of the harvest of 1804273
SECTION 2Seasons of 1805 to 1808, both included
SECTION 3Instances of some of the most prominent of the variations of the prices of commodities besides those of corn
SECTION 4New fields of enterprise opened for exports
SECTION 5General excitement and speculations in shares in 1807 and 1808
SECTION 6On the state of th

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