A Statistical Account of the British Empire 2 Volume Set
A Statistical Account of the British Empire 2 Volume Set
£88.99
GBPJohn Ramsay McCulloch (1789–1864) wrote numerous articles, pamphlets and books about the emerging field of political economy. This two-volume work, published in 1837, focuses on 'the British Empire, exclusive of its foreign dependencies', in other words, Great Britain and Ireland. McCulloch drew information from the 1821 and 1831 census returns and commissioned contributions from experts including William Jackson Hooker, who provided the article on botany. His book was the first such overview to be compiled in more than a century and is an indispensable contemporary source on life in Great Britain and Ireland at the close of the Georgian era. It provides a wealth of data on topics including population, land use, agriculture and livestock, diet and standard of living, the economic benefits deriving from overseas colonies, industry and trade, health and life expectancy, religious and educational institutions, defence spending, taxation, crime and punishment, and the poor laws.
Product details
December 2011Multiple copy pack
9781108036375
1346 pages
216 × 140 × 80 mm
1.73kg
Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Preface
- Statistical account of the British Empire
- Part I. Extent, Physical Circumstances, and Civil Divisions of the British Empire:
- 1. England and Wales
- 2. Scotland
- 3. Ireland
- Part II. Population
- Part III. Industry of the British Empire:
- 1. Agriculture
- Supplement. Volume 2: Part III continued: Industry of the British Empire continued:
- 2. Mines and minerals
- 3. Fisheries
- 4. Manufactures
- 5. Commerce
- Part IV. Constitution and Government, Civil and Religious, of the British Empire:
- 1. General outline of the English government, with a sketch of its history
- 2. Parliament, its constitution, procedure, etc.
- 3. Of the executive
- 4. Courts of justice, procedure therein, etc.
- 5. Municipal corporation
- 6. Constitution, courts, etc. of Scotland
- 7. Constitution, courts, etc. of Ireland
- 8. Religious establishments of Great Britain and Ireland
- Part V. Miscellaneous Particulars:
- 1. Establishments for public education
- 2. Revenue and expenditure
- 3. Defence
- 4. Vital statistics
- or, the statistics of health, sickness, diseases, and death
- 5. Provision for the poor
- Index.
