正版 关于价格和货币流通状况的历史(第4卷)(英文版) (英)托马斯·

PART I ON THE PRICES OF CORN FROM 1840 TO 1847
SECTION 1 Character of the season of 1839-1840. Prices and esttmated produce of wheat
SECTION 2 Character of the season of 1840-1841. Prices and estimated produce of wheat
SECTION 3 Character of the season of 1841-1842. Prices and estimated produce of wheat ...
SECTION 4 Character of the season of 1842-1843. Prices and estimated produce of wheat ...
SECTION 5 Character of the season of 1843-1844. Prices and estimated produce of wheat ...
SECTION 6 Character of the season of 1844-1845. Prices and esttmated produce of wheat ...
SECTION 7 Character of the season of 1845-1846. Prices and estimated produce of wheat ...
SECTION 8 Character of the season of 1846-1847. Prices and estimated produce of wheat ...
SECTION 9 On the variation of the supplies of wheat from Ireland
SECTION 10 On the probable future course of the prices of wheat in the United Kingdom
PART II ON THE PRICES OF PRODUCE OTHER THAN CORN
SECTION 1 On the concurrent variations of prices, the circulation, and the rate of interest, from the close of 1839 to the autumn of 1844
SECTION 2 On the same phenomena, from the autumn of 1844 to the close of 1847
PART III A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE CURRENCY QUESTION IN ITS VARIOUS PHASES FROM 1797 TO THE CLOSE OF 1809
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I THE PERIOD FROM 1797 TO 1819
SECTION 1 On the progress of the discussion from 1797 to 1809
SECTION 2 On the steadiness of the exchanges, and on the variations in the prices of commodities, during the first twelve years of the restriction
SECTION 3 On the comparative magnitude of the advances by the bank to the government during the same period-- (1797-1809)
SECTION 4 On the progress of the discussion from 1809 to 1811
SECTION 5 On the opinions of the bullion committee on the phenomena of the circulation in 1809-1811
SECTION 6 On the policy of the government in rejecting the recommendation of the bullion committee for a speedy resumption of cash payments
SECTION 7 On Lord Kings requisition to his tenants to pay in gold
SECTION 8 On the possibility of the bank counteracting the fall of the exchanges in 1809-1811
SECTION 9 On the alleged excessive issues by the bank, 1808-1814; and on the distinction between small and large notes
SECTION 10 On the re-adjustment of the relative values of gold and paper between 1814 and 1819
SECTION 11 On the uniform coincidence of the periods of improved exchanges and diminished foreign expenditure
CHAPTER II THE PERIOD FROM 1819 TO THE CLOSE OF 1847
SECTION 1 On Sir Robert Peels speeches of May 1844. The rationale of a fixed metallic standard
SECTION 2 On Sir Robert Peels definition of "money"
SECTION 3 On the currency principle
SECTION 4 On the error of confounding paper credit with paper money
SECTION 5 On the circumstances which determine the outstanding amount, and the effect on prices, of a currency of convertible and of inconvertible paper
SECTION 6 On the effects of different modes of issue of a convertible and of an inconvertible paper. Mr. Ricardos hypothesis of a gold mine in the bank
SECTION 7 On the effects of an influx of gold, caused by a favourable exchange, us distinguished from an influx caused by increased productiveness of the mines
SECTION 8 Digression coneerning Russian paper money
SECTION 9 On a metallic circulation, as the type of a perfect currency
SECTION 10 On the distinction between currency and capital; and on the actual and imputed function of country bank notes
SECTION 11 On the alleged insufficiency of convertibility to prevent excessive issues of bank notes, as asserted to be proved by the history of the American banks
SECTION 12 Summary of the argument against the theory of the measure of 1844
SECTION 13 On the former monetary crises, asserted by Sir Robert Peel to prove the danger of over-issue of convertible notes
SECTION 14 On Sir Robert Peels statement relative to bankrupt banks
SECTION 15 On the anticipations respecting the success of the act of 1844, as expressed by its advocates and opponents
SECTION 16 On the operation of the act of 1844, from September, 1844 to January, 1847
SECTION 17 On the operation of the act of 1844 in the year 1847
SECTION 18 Comparison of the crises of 1825 and 1847
SECTION 19 On the defence of the act of 1844, by Sir R. Peel, in his speech of the 3rd of December, 1847
SECTION 20 On the arguments advanced to prove that the act of 1844 has already averted or diminished the risk of a suspension of cash payments
SECTION 21 The conclusion of the argument on the act of 1844
APPENDIX
SUPPLEMENT TO PART I
Average prices of corn in England and Wales
Home supplies of wheat, in harvest years, as indicated by the official returns for England and Wales: 1839-1847
Prices and foreign supplies of wheat, in harvest years, since 1828
SUPPLEMENT TO PART 11
Tables of prices of produce other than corn
The accounts of the bank of England, from 1840 to 1847 inclusive
Correspondence between the government and the bank of England--25th Oct. 1847
Statement of the quantity of gold produced in Russia duringthe 28 years, 1819-1846
Imperial manifesto
Extracts from the evidence of Mr. Tooke before the select committee of the house of commons, on banks of issue, in 1840
Extract from the report of the select committee on the state of commercial credit-- April 25th, 1793

"托马斯·图克（Thomas Tooke）（1774—1858年）是英国有名的经济学家、货币和价格理论专家，英国银行学派的创始人和主要代表人物之一。 威廉·纽马奇（William Newmarch）（1820-1882年）是英国有名经济学家、统计学家。"

本书是一部经典性的著作，在经济学说史上占有不容忽视的重要地位。本系列丛书共分为6卷，讲述了1793-1856年间价格和货币流通状况的历史。作者对时间进行了严格的划分，分别介绍了不同年代间的谷物贸易、谷物价、谷物以外其他农产品的价格、物料流通状态、银行的监管问题等内容，并具体说明了各个时间区间的特点以及该时间段的谷物价格和大致产量。除此之外，作者还就《谷物法》以及金融机构的相关内容进行阐述，介绍了《谷物法》早期、中期和后期的特点及其颁布和实施后所带来的相关影响，自由贸易的原则在商业立法中的应用，英国银行的管理和相关政策，国家对金融、银行和信贷机构所采取的政策等。本书为该系列丛书的第4卷。

本书为该系列丛书的第四卷，介绍了1840-1847年间小麦的收成和价格情况，并对英国小麦价格预期走势做出了判断，书中还介绍了其他拼了农作物的价格变化情况。此外，书中还对纸币流通中的问题、货币与资本的关系、货币危机的形成以及银行破产等方面的问题展开了讨论。