Wholesale Prices in Philadelphia, 1784-1861 / / Anne Bezanson, Robert D. Gray.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Ann...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
Series:INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, WHARTON SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND COMMERCE, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. RESEARCH STUDIES
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Physical Description:1 online resource (472 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Charts
  • I. The General Indices of Prices
  • II. Distribution of 140 Commodities Around the General Average
  • III. Changes in Price Stability
  • IV. Year - To - Year Variability
  • V. Frequency of Monthly Price Changes
  • VI. Changes in Seasonality of Selected Commodities
  • VII. Price Movements from 1784 to 1808
  • VIII. Price Movements from 1808 to 1821
  • IX. Price Movements from 1821 to 1843
  • X. Price Movements from 1843 to 1861
  • XI. Comparison of the Seventeen Cycles
  • XII. Movement of Prices of Identical Commodities 1720-1861
  • XIII. General Tendencies in Wholesale Price Movements
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index