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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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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