A short account of England's foreign trade in the nineteenth century, its economic and social results

Bowley A. L. (Arthur Lyon) Sir 1869-1957

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A SHORT ACCOUNT OF
ENGLAND'S FOREIGN TRADE
IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
ITS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESULTS
ARTHUR L. BOWLEY, M.A.
Cobden Prizeman {Cambridge), iSgs
Formerly Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge.
WITH TEN STATISTICAL DIAGRAMS
REVISED EDITION
Here shall flowing operation,you trace in
In every state of practical busy movement,
The rills of civilisation."
—Walt Whitman.
LONDON
LIM.SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO.,
NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1905^^^p^^^^
October,FIRST EDITION, 1893.
SECOND June, 1905.PREFACE
The subject set for the essay for the Cobden Prize
Cambridgeawarded at University in December,
*'was Changes in the Volume,1892, Character, and
Geographical Distribution of England's Foreign Trade
in the Nineteenth Century, and their Causes." The
essay which was then successful was not published
at once, but has been re-cast and completed, while
additions and changes have been made to bring it
the ofwithin scope the "Social Science Series."
As it now stands, it does not profess to be a com-
of ourplete account recent foreign trade—that being
of course impossible in a book of this size, where the
subject of each chapter would easily fill a volume by
itself; but an endeavour has been made to point out
and give the right prominence to the more important
of the events and causes that have affected the
growth of trade, to touch on the more obvious of
the social effects of this growth, and more especially
to furnish an introductory text-book, which will
supply the fundamental facts of this century's
commerce in an easily accessible form.
K Tables of figures have been as far as possible
lUPREFACE.
avoided, since they are liable merely weary theto
reader without affording him any real information,
but their place is supplied by diagrams, on the use
of which it is desired to lay special stress. By these
it is possible to present at a glance all the facts which
could be obtained from figures as to the increase,
fluctuations, and relative importance of prices, quanti-
ties, and values of different classes of goods and trade
with various countries while the sharp irregularities;
of the curves give emphasis to the disturbing causes
which produce any striking change. In many cases,
perhaps, more can be learnt by considering and
accounting for all the features of a diagram than
in any other way, so that the text of this book
may to some extent be regarded as an explanation
and interpretation of the plates. Great care has
been taken ensure of these theyto the accuracy ;
are substantially the same as those sent with the
original essay but have allto the Vice-Chancellor,
been redrawn and verified.
A. L. B.
Bristol,
Bfh September, 1893.