The Two Nations: A Financial Study of English History Paperback Book

Author: Christopher Hollis
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Encyclopaedias & Reference Works, Economics, Economics, Economic History, Economic History
Book Format: Paperback

This book was first published in 1935.

THE TWO NATIONS: C HOLLIS:


CONTENTS


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I. The Medieval Managed Currency and its Collapse... 1


II. The Failure of the Stuarts... 12


III. The Orange... 28


IV. The Origin of the Progressive Legend... 35


V. Bishop Berkeley... 53


VI. The Americans and the Whigs... 65


VII. The First Breakdown... 74


VIII. Unnecessary Poverty... 85


IX. Cheques and Notes... 103


X. The Repeal of the Corn Laws... 113


XI. The First Revolts... 125


XII. The Turn of the Tide... 141


XIII. The Exceptional Auxiliary... 154


XIV. Disraeli's Rule... 165


XV. Ireland... 179


XVI. Machine Running Down... 186


XVII. America... 200


XVIII. The 1920's... 221


XIX. Crisis and the Counter Attack... 234


Epilogue... 250


Index... 255