An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Cannan ed.), vol. 1

Cannan’s justly famous early 20th century edition of Smith’s Wealth of Nations with his introduction and notes.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, edited with an Introduction, Notes, Marginal Summary and an Enlarged Index by Edwin Cannan (London: Methuen, 1904). Vol. 1.
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Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
- INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK
- BOOK I: Of the Causes of Improvement in the productive Powers of Labour, and of the Order according to which its Produce is naturally distributed among the different Ranks of the People.
- CHAPTER I: OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR1
- CHAPTER II: OF THE PRINCIPLE WHICH GIVES OCCASION TO THE DIVISION OF LABOUR
- CHAPTER III: THAT THE DIVISION OF LABOUR IS LIMITED BY THE EXTENT OF THE MARKET
- CHAPTER IV: OF THE ORIGIN AND USE OF MONEY
- CHAPTER V: OF THE REAL AND NOMINAL PRICE OF COMMODITIES, OR OF THEIR PRICE IN LABOUR, AND THEIR PRICE IN MONEY
- CHAPTER VI: OF THE COMPONENT PARTS OF THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES
- CHAPTER VII: OF THE NATURAL AND MARKET PRICE OF COMMODITIES1
- CHAPTER VIII: OF THE WAGES OF LABOUR
- CHAPTER IX: OF THE PROFITS OF STOCK
- CHAPTER X: OF WAGES AND PROFIT IN THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS OF LABOUR AND STOCK1
- CHAPTER XI: OF THE RENT OF LAND
- BOOK II: Of the Nature, Accumulation, and Employment of Stock
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I: OF THE DIVISION OF STOCK
- CHAPTER II: OF MONEY CONSIDERED AS A PARTICULAR BRANCH OF THE GENERAL STOCK OF THE SOCIETY, OR OF THE EXPENCE OF MAINTAINING THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
- CHAPTER III: OF THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL, OR OF PRODUCTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE LABOUR
- CHAPTER IV: OF STOCK LENT AT INTEREST
- CHAPTER V: OF THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENT OF CAPITALS
- BOOK III: Of the different Progress of Opulence in different Nations
- CHAPTER I: OF THE NATURAL PROGRESS OF OPULENCE
- CHAPTER II: OF THE DISCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN THE ANCIENT STATE OF EUROPE AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- CHAPTER III: OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF CITIES AND TOWNS, AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- CHAPTER IV: HOW THE COMMERCE OF THE TOWNS CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COUNTRY
- BOOK IV: Of Systems of political Œconomy
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I: OF THE PRINCIPLE OF THE COMMERCIAL OR MERCANTILE SYSTEM
- CHAPTER II: OF RESTRAINTS UPON THE IMPORTATION FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF SUCH GOODS AS CAN BE PRODUCED AT HOME
- CHAPTER III: OF THE EXTRAORDINARY RESTRAINTS UPON THE IMPORTATION OF GOODS OF ALMOST ALL KINDS, FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WITH WHICH THE BALANCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE DISADVANTAGEOUS
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