The Growth of English Industry and Commerce

A large-scale economic study by the historian William Cunningham (1849-1919), published in its first edition in 1882.

Part VII. Laissez Faire: 1. The workshop of the world; 2. The introduction of machinery in the textile trades; 3. Aggravation of the evils of transition; 4. Human welfare; 5. Faculties for transport; Postscript; Appendix A. Wages assessments; Appendix B. Enclosure and depopulation in 1607; Appendix C. The action of James I and Charles I in regard to trade and the colonies; Appendix D. Colonial and commercial administration under Charles II; Appendix E. Complaints from the counties, 1650; Appendix F. Statistics of progress, with diagrams showing (i) the increase of revenue and of the charge on the debt, and (ii) the growth of population and of the charge for the poor-rate; Appendix G. Some difficulties in the interpretation of historical statistics; Bibliographical index; General index.