Walter Bagehot

Bagehot, Walter - băjˈət, 1826–77, English social scientist. After working in his father's banking firm, he edited (1860–77) the Economist (which had been founded by his father-in-law) and helped establish its high reputation as a financial journal. From these activities came his noted study of the English banking system, Lombard Street (1873). Bagehot's classic Read More...

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Walter Bagehot
by St. Norman John-Stevas. 46 pgs.

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IV

VII

A Select Bibliography

Writers and Their Work
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The Spare Chancellor: The Life of Walter Bagehot
by Alastair G. Buchan. 287 pgs.

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Introduction

Chapter I Bow Street and Cheapside

Chapter 2 London

Chapter 3 the Barricades

Chapter 4 the Country Banker

Chapter 5 the Simple Truth

Chapter 6 Dash and Doubt

Chapter 7 the Hidden Republic

Chapter 8 Animated Moderation

Chapter 9 Men and Money

Chapter 10 Victorianum Maxime?

Notes and References

Index
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Bagehot: The English Constitution
by Walter Bagehot, Paul Smith. 253 pgs.

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This is a new and highly accessible rendition of one of the classics of English political writing. Paul Smith presents the text of the first (1867) edition of Bagehot's The English Constitution, together with the original conclusion, as well as Bagehot's long introduction to the second edition of 1872. All the usual student-friendly features of the Cambridge Texts series are present, including a concise explanatory introduction, select bibliography and brief biographies of key figures, as well as annotation designed to explain to modern readers some of Bagehot's more arcane contemporary allusions.

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Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought

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Editor's Introduction

Principal Events in Bagehot's Life

Note on the Text and Annotation

The English Constitution: Advertisement

No. I: The Cabinet

No. II: The Prerequisites of Cabinet Government, and the Peculiar Form Which They Have Assumed in England

No. III: The Monarchy

No. IV: The Monarchy (continued)

No. V: The House of Lords

No. VI: The House of Commons

No. VII: On Changes of Ministry

No. VIII: Its Supposed Checks and Balances

No. IX: Its History, and the Effects of That History – Conclusion

Introduction to the Second Edition (1872)

Biographical Notes on Persons Mentioned in the Text

Bibliographical Note

Index
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Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of "Natural Selection" and "Inheritance" to Political Society
by Walter Bagehot. 142 pgs.

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Special Introduction

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Illustrations

Chapter II: The Use of Conflict

Chapter III: Nation-Making

Chapter IV: Nation-Making

Chapter V: The Age of Discussion

Chapter VI: Verifiable Progress Politically Con Sidered
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A Short History of Political Economy in England, from Adam Smith to Arnold Toynbee (Chap. VI "Walter Bagehot (1826-1877)")
by L. L. Price. 204 pgs.

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A Short History Of Political Economy in England

Chapter I: Adam Smith. 1723-1790. The Division of Labour.

Chapter II: Thomas Robert Malthus. 1766--1834.

Chapter III: David Ricardo. 1772-1823.

Chapter IV: John Stuart Mill. 1806-1873.

Chapter V: John Elliott Cairnes. 1824--1875. Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie. 1827--1882.

Chapter VI: Walter Bagehot. 1826-1877.

Chapter VII: William Stanley Jevons. 1835--1882. Statistics.

Chapter VIII: Henry Fawcett. 1833--1884. Arnold Toynbee. 1852--1883.

Index.
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Politics and Opinion in the Nineteenth Century: An Historical Introduction (Chap. III The Life of Institutions: Maine: Bagehot: Tylor")
by John Bowle. 512 pgs.

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Preface

Introduction: The Expansion of Europe

Book I: The Political Thought of The Romantic Age

Chapter I: The Originality of the Romantics: Herder: Hegel

Chapter II: Steam-Intellect 'Improvement': Bentham: Austin

Chapter III The Counter-Revolutionaries De Maistre: Coleridge: Carlyle

Chapter IV: Saint-Simon: Totalitarian And Technocrat

Chapter V: Comte's Secular Religion

Chapter VI: Anarchists and Utopians Godwin : Fourier : Owen

Chapter VII: Proudhon's Attack on the State

Chapter VIII: Humanitarian Nationalism: Mazzini

Chapter IX: The LIberal Compromise De Tocqueville: John Stuart Mill

Book II: The Political Thought of The Age of Darwin

Chapter I: Mid-Century Prospect: The Impact of Darwinism

Chapter II: The Idea of Progress Herbert Spencer: Buckle: Lecky

Chapter III: The LIfe of Institutions Maine: Bagehot: Tylor

Chapter IV: Neo-Hegelian Humanism, T. H. Green: F. H. Bradley

Chapter V: Marx and Engels, I

Chapter VI: Marx and Engels, II

Chapter VII: Unbridled Nationalism: Treitschke

Chapter VIII: The Cult of the Irrational Schopenhauer: Nietzsche

Chapter IX: Catholic Attitudes: The Encyclicals of Leo XIii: Acton

Chapter X: Georges Sorel Myth and Anarchy

Chapter XI: Social Democracy: the Fabians: William Morris: Bernstein: JaurÈs

Chapter XII: Modern Sociologists: Durkheim On Environment: Graham Wallas And Social Psychology

Retrospect: A New Humanism

Notes

Bibliography

Index
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The Transformation of British Politics, 1860-1995 (Chap. 1 "Bagehot's System")
by Brian Harrison. 618 pgs.

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Brian Harrison investigates in depth how the British political system has acquired its present form by looking back further than most other historians. This is the first book to provide a detailed explanation of British political evolution.

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Introduction

1 Bagehot's System

2 Empire and Welfare

3 Fragmentation and Union

4 County and Borough

5 Rights and Liberties

6 Interests and Pressures

7 Co-Ordinating Opinion

8 Assessing Opinion

9 Articulating Opinion

10 Power and Decision

11 Administration and Execution

12 Symbolism and Ceremony

13 The British Political System In the 1990s

14 International Perspectives

15 Cultural Prerequisites

Notes

A British Political Calendar 1860-1995

Index of Persons

General Index
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The Nature of Literature (Chap. X "Bagehot")
by Herbert Read. 386 pgs.

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By the Same Author

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Introduction

Part One: General Theories

I. the Nature of Poetry

2. the Nature of Criticism

Part Two: Particular Studies

I: Froissart

2: Malory

3: Descartes

4: Swift

5: Vauvenargues

6: Tobias Smollett

7: Sterne

8: Hawthorne

9: Charlotte and Emily BrontË

10: Bagehot

II: Coventry Patmore

12: Gerard Manley Hopkins

13: Henry James

Index
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British Economy of the Nineteenth Century (Part III: Economic Theories: Bagehot and the Trade Cycle")
by W. W. Rostow. 242 pgs.

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Introduction

Part I: Analysis

II: Cycles in the British Economy: 1790-1914

III: Investment and the Great Depression

IV: Investment and Real Wages, 1873-86

Part II: Economic Factors and Politics

Economic Factors and Politics:: Britain in the Nineteenth Century

Part III: Economic Theories

VIII: Bagehot and the Trade Cycle

Part IV: Narrative

Note: The Principal Statistical Indexes

Appendix: Mr. Kalecki on the Distribution of Income 1880-1913

Index
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Readings in the History of Economic Thought (selections from "Economic Studies" by Walter Bagehot)
by S. Howard Patterson. 748 pgs.

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List of Illustrations

Part I: Adam Smith and His Group

Preface

Selections from "The Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices, Publick Benefits"

Francis Hutcheson: (1694-1746)

Selections from "An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue"

Francis Hutcheson: Selections from "A System of Moral Philosophy"

Adam Smith Selections from "Theory of the Moral Sentiments"

Selections from "Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms": Delivered in the University of Glasgow as Reported by a Student in 1763

Jean Baptiste Say: (1767-1832)

Selections from "A Treatise on Political Economy"

Part II: The Malthusian Controversy

Benjamin Franklin: (1706-1790)

Selections from "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind and the Peopling of Countries"

Selections from "Reflections on the Augmentation of Wages Which Will Be Occasioned in Europe by the American Revolution"

William Godwin: (1756-1836)

Selections from "An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness"

Preface

Selections from "Population--An Enquiry Concerning the Power of Increase in the Numbers of Mankind, Being an Answer to Mr. Malthus's Essay on That Subject"

Preface

Thomas Robert Malthus: (1766-1834)

Preface

Selections from "Essay on Population" (first Edition)

Selections from "Essay on Population" (sixth Edition)

Selections from "Principles of Political Economy"

Selections from "Definitions in Political Economy"

Part III: Classicism and Utilitarianism

Jeremy Bentham: (1748-1832)

Jeremy Bentham: Selections from "An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation"

Selections from "Principles of the Civil Code"

Selections from "A Manual of Political Economy"

Selections from "An Archical Fallacies": Specimens of a Criticism of the French Declarations of Rights

David Ricardo: (1772-1823)

Selections from "The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes"

Selections from "An Essay on the Influence of a Low Price of Corn on the Profits of Stock" Shewing the Inexpediency of Restrictions on Importation with Remarks on Mr. Malthus's Two Last Publications: "An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent"; and "The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn"

James Mill: (1773-1836)

Selections from "Elements of Political Economy"

William Nassau Senior: (1790-1864)

Selections from "An Outline of Political Economy"

John Stuart Mill: (1806-1873)

Selections from "On Liberty"

Selections from "Utilitarianism"

John Elliott Cairnes: (1824-1875)

Part IV: Rise of Marginalism

Selections from "Theory of Political Economy": Chapter I. Introduction

Eugen Von Bohm-Bawerk: (1851-1914)

Part V: Nationalists and Optimists

Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850)

Concluding Observations

Selections from "Economic Sophisms"

Selections from Essays on Politic Economy

Henry Charles Carey: (1793-1879)

Selections from "Principles of Social Science"

Selection from "Manual of Social Science" Being a Condensation of the "Principles of Social Science" of H. C. Carey, Ll.D.

Preface

Robert Ellis Thompson: (1844-1924)

Selection from "Political Economy for High Schools and Academies"

Part VI: British Historical School

Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie: (1825?-1882)

Walter Bagehot: (1826-1877)

Arnold Toynbee: (1852-1983)

Selections from " the Industrial? Revolution of the Eighteenth Century in England"

Part VII: Social Reformers and Idealists

John Ruskin: (1819-1900)

Selection from Letters from "Fors Claviegera," Ii, Letter XXXVII

Part VIII: Rise of Socialism and Economic Radicalism

Selections from "The Social Destiny of Man" or "The Theory of the Flour Movements"

Pierre Joseph Proudhon: (1809-1865)

Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)

Selections from "Manifesto of the Communist Party"

Selections from "Das Kapital"

Part IX: Miscellaneous American Writers

Selections from "Progress and Poverty"

Francis A. Walker: (1840-1897)

Simon Nelson Patten: (1852-1922)

Selections from "The Premises of Political Economy"

Appendix: Popularizations of English Classical Economy

(mrs.) Jane Haldimand Marcet: (1769-1858)

Selections from "Conversations on Political Economy in Which the Elements of That Science Are Familiarly Explained"

Harriet Martineau: (1802-1876)

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