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CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES ix
LIST OF CHARTS xi
PREFACE xiii
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
1.
The problem to be studied 1
2.
An outline of the cycle 2
3.
The structure of the economy 2
CHAPTER II. THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS: SOME GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
1.
The effect of balance-of-payments movements on the level of incomes 5
2.
The overall balance of payments and the income balance 6
3.
Imports and prices 7
CHAPTER III. IMPORTS OF COMMODITIES OTHER THAN CORN
1.
Introduction 9
2.
The statistical material 9
3.
Factors affecting the behaviour of imports 15
4.
Behaviour of imports, 1833-1836 16
5.
Behaviour of imports, 1837-1840 19
6.
Behaviour of imports, 1841-1842 22
7.
Summary and conclusions 24
CHAPTER IV. HARVESTS AND CORN IMPORTS
1.
Harvest fluctuations and the level of effective demand 28
2.
The record of the harvests 30
3.
The grouping of good and bad harvest years 31
4.
The effects of the Corn Laws 35
5.
The relation between stocks and imports 37
6.
Conclusions 41
CHAPTER V. THE AMERICAN MARKET AND ITS FLUCTUATIONS
1.
Introduction 43
2.
Fluctuations in American business before 1935 45
3.
Andrew Jackson and the banks 46
4.
Territorial expansion and internal improvements 49
5.
Imports from Britain during the boom 50
6.
Domestic and international antecedents of the American boom 51
7.
The turning-point and the panic of 1837 55
8.
Resumption of cash payments 60
9.
Policy of the Bank of the United States in 1837-1838 61
10.
Contrast between the boom of 1836 and the recovery of 1838-1839 63
11.
The last days of the Bank of the United States 65
12.
Conclusion 68

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Publication Information: Book Title: A Study in Trade-Cycle History: Economic Fluctuations in Great Britain, 1833-1842. Contributors: R. C. O. Matthews - author. Publisher: University Press of Cambridge. Place of Publication: Cambridge, England. Publication Year: 1954. Page Number: v.
    
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