The Evolution of Modern Capitalism

EVOLUTION OF MODERN CAPITALISM.......Page 2
JOHN A. HOBSON, M.A.,......Page 3
PREFACE.......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
INTRODUCTION.......Page 13
FOOTNOTES:......Page 20
THE STRUCTURE OF INDUSTRY BEFORE MACHINERY.......Page 21
FOOTNOTES:......Page 47
THE ORDER OF DEVELOPMENT OF MACHINE INDUSTRY.......Page 50
STATISTICS OF WOOL IMPORTED INTO ENGLAND.......Page 64
Average Importation.[77]......Page 66
NUMBER OF SPINDLES WORKING IN COTTON MILLS IN 1846.[93]......Page 80
RAILWAY MILEAGE IN RELATION TO AREA AND POPULATION.......Page 83
FOOTNOTES:......Page 87
CHAPTER IV.ToC......Page 89
THE STRUCTURE OF MODERN INDUSTRY.......Page 90
FOOTNOTES:......Page 113
THE FORMATION OF MONOPOLIES IN CAPITAL.......Page 115
ECONOMIC POWERS OF THE TRUST.......Page 136
FOOTNOTES:......Page 156
MACHINERY AND INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION.......Page 157
ARE GOODS IN THE POSSESSION OF CONSUMERS CAPITAL?......Page 191
"OVER-CONSUMPTION" CONSIDERED AS CAUSE OF DEPRESSION.......Page 196
FOOTNOTES:......Page 199
MACHINERY AND DEMAND FOR LABOUR.......Page 201
FOOTNOTES:......Page 222
MACHINERY AND THE QUALITY OF LABOUR.......Page 224
FOOTNOTES:......Page 237
THE ECONOMY OF HIGH WAGES.......Page 239
SPINNING.......Page 244
WEAVING.......Page 245
FOOTNOTES:......Page 259
SOME EFFECTS OF MODERN INDUSTRY UPON THE WORKERS AS CONSUMERS.......Page 261
WOMEN IN MODERN INDUSTRY.......Page 265
Male and Female Employment in Manufactures, 1841-91.......Page 266
APPENDIX.......Page 290
Leading Points in the Development of Factory Legislation.......Page 291
FOOTNOTES:......Page 293
MACHINERY AND THE MODERN TOWN.......Page 296
GERMANY—RATE OF INCREASE OF GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS.[272]......Page 301
DEATH-RATE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS OF ENGLAND, 1851-90.[275]......Page 306
FOOTNOTES:......Page 319
CIVILISATION AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.......Page 321
INDEX.ToC......Page 349
A NEW SERIES OF CRITICAL BIOGRAPHIES OF FAMOUS WRITERS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA.......Page 360
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.......Page 365
Library of Humour.......Page 366
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.......Page 367
James A. Manson.......Page 368
Makers of British Art.......Page 369
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.......Page 370
Edited by Havelock Ellis.......Page 371
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.......Page 376
Edited by William Archer.......Page 377
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.......Page 378