Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of plates
- List of diagrams, graphs and maps
- List of tables
- Foreword by François Crouzet
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part 1 INTRODUCTION
- Part 2 THE PRIMARY ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL
- Part 3 THE WEB OF CREDIT
- Part 4 EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FINANCE
- Part 5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX: TABLES RELATING TO CHAPTER 10
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Name and place index
- Subject index
Part 3 - THE WEB OF CREDIT
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 November 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of plates
- List of diagrams, graphs and maps
- List of tables
- Foreword by François Crouzet
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part 1 INTRODUCTION
- Part 2 THE PRIMARY ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL
- Part 3 THE WEB OF CREDIT
- Part 4 EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FINANCE
- Part 5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX: TABLES RELATING TO CHAPTER 10
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Name and place index
- Subject index
Summary
In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of the few must depress the many.
Adam Ferguson, An Essay on the History of Civil Society (1765)- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Genesis of Industrial CapitalA Study of West Riding Wool Textile Industry, c.1750-1850, pp. 105 - 106Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1986