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T. R. Malthus : Volume 2.
Title:
T. R. Malthus : Volume 2.
Author:
Malthus, T. R.
ISBN:
9780511210877
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (361 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Editorial procedures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Sermons -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. SERMON ON THE TEXT MATTHEW 7.12 -- 2. SERMON ON THE TEXT JOB 27.6 -- 3. SERMON ON THE TEXT 1 JOHN 4.10 -- 4. SERMON ON THE TEXT DEUTERONOMY 29.29 -- 2 Malthus' diary of a tour of the Lake District -- INTRODUCTION -- TEXT -- 3 Bullion trade transactions -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPLANATORY NOTES AND DEFINITIONS -- Bank money (or banco) and current money (or currency) -- Agio -- Weights -- Currencies -- Standard gold and fine gold -- Mint value of gold -- England -- Holland -- Current or market value of gold -- Par of exchange -- A. Trade with Amsterdam -- 1. Conversion of guilders per marc into schellings per ounce -- 2. Conversion of schellings per ounce to shillings per ounce -- 3. Calculation of the par of exchange between England and Holland -- 4. Table I: Calculation of the par of exchange when the price of gold in England is at its mint price and when the… -- 5. Table I and Table II: Calculation of the par of exchange when both the price of gold in England and the price of gold in… -- 6. Calculation of the direction of the bullion trade between London and Amsterdam: A general statement of… -- 7. Effect of changes in the price of silver in London on the exchange rate between the English pound and Flemish… -- 8. Calculation of profit on trade in silver -- B. Trade with Hamburg -- 1. Ricardo's table for Hamburg -- 2. An adjustment to Ricardo's table to take account of variations in the value of gold in London from the… -- 3. Calculation of the profit on exporting gold from London to Hamburg -- 4. Conversion of the value of a ducat in stivers to the value of an ounce of gold in stivers after adjusting for the difference in gold….

5. Effect of an increase in the value of a ducat on the exchange rate between English pounds and Flemish schellings. -- 6. Effect of an increase in the value of a ducat expressed in stivers on the value of an ounce of gold expressed in schellings. -- C. Statistics -- 1. Exchange rates and bullion prices, 1811-1813 -- 2. Exchange rates, bullion prices and commodity prices -- D. Other Brief Items -- 1. Expenses in converting coin to bullion -- 2. Groots expressed as percentages of schellings -- 3. A note on the value of a ducat -- E. Items in Other Hands -- 1. A diagrammatic method of comparing exchange rates between London, Amsterdam and Paris -- 2. Calculation of the direction and profit of the bullion trade. -- Line 1 -- Line 2 -- Line 3 -- Line 4 -- Line 5 -- Line 6 -- Line 7 -- Line 8 -- Line 9 -- Explanation of the two columns -- 4 An essay on foreign trade -- INTRODUCTION -- TEXT -- 5 Essays and notes on Charles I and Mary, Queen of Scots -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. ESSAY ON CHARLES I -- 2. ESSAY ON MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS -- 3. NOTES ON MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS -- 6 Questions and answers on early European history -- INTRODUCTION -- LECTURE I -- LECTURE II -- LECTURE III -- L[ECTURE] IV -- 7 Harriet Malthus' diary of a family tour of Scotland in 1826 -- INTRODUCTION -- TEXT -- 8 Letters to Harriet Malthus from her mother, Catherine Eckersall -- INTRODUCTION -- LETTER 1 -- LETTER 2 -- LETTER 3 -- LETTER 4 -- LETTER 5 -- 9 Eight brief miscellaneous items -- 1. AN ESSAY ON THE ADVANTAGES OF COLONIES -- 2. NOTES ON TAXATION -- 3. AN EXTRACT FROM A DRAFT LETTER TO AN UNNAMED CORRESPONDENT ON SAVING AND SPENDING -- 4. WHETHER TO PAY FOR IMPORTS BY EXPORTING EITHER PRECIOUS METALS OR COMMODITIES -- 5. REDUNDANCY OF CURRENCY -- 6. AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION -- 7. NOTES ON FOREIGN TRADE AND THE BULLION REPORT -- 8. FOUR BOOK TITLES.

Appendix A: Additional material contained in the collection but not reproduced -- Appendix B: Letters to David Ricardo [? by John Cazenove] -- INTRODUCTION -- Bibliography -- Kanto Gakuen Catalogue -- Index.
Abstract:
A previously unpublished 2004 collection of manuscripts by or relating to T. R. Malthus.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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