{"product_id":"w-stanley-jevons-9780367110291","title":"W. Stanley Jevons","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first variorum edition of the works of William Stanley Jevons (1835-1882), covering \u003ci\u003eThe Coal Question\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Political Economy,\u003c\/i\u003e two of the most important books in economics and the social history of Victorian Britain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth books were revised by Jevons during his life time and this variorum edition includes meticulously studied textual comparisons, not only between the different editions revised by Jevons himself, but also with the ones posthumously published, such as the 2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e and 3rd editions of \u003ci\u003eThe Coal Question, \u003c\/i\u003ethe 2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e to 5th editions \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Political Economy\u003c\/i\u003e and the edition edited by R. D. Collison Black.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe comparisons cover the statistical data and various charts as well as the texts, all of which reveal the flow of ideas of Jevons according to the social changes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding a new introduction by the editor, a complete bibliography and name index this collection will be an indis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume I: \u003ci\u003eThe Coal Question, An Inquiry Concerning the Progress of the Nation,and the Probable Exhaustion of Our \u003cb\u003eCoal-mines\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVariorum edition based on the first edition in 1865 with editorial notes and appendixes., approx. 405 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eW. Stanley Jevons (1835-1882): From a Man of Science to an Economist, by Takutoshi Inoue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeadnote of The Coal Question, by Takutoshi Inoue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTextual Note of The Coal Question, by Takutoshi Inoue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters I – XVII (Texts based on the first edition 1865 and end notes by Takutoshi Inoue)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix I: Preface to the second edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix II: Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix III: Preface to the third edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix IV: Explanation of Plates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix V: Name Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume II: \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Political Economy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVariorum edition based on the first edition in 1871 with editorial notes and appendices., approx. 380 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeadnote of The Theory of Political Economy, by Takutoshi Inoue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTextual Note on The Theory of Political Economy, by Takutoshi Inoue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters I –VIII (Texts based on the first edition 1871 and end notes by Takutoshi Inoue)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix I: Preface to the second edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix II: Logical Method of Economics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix III: Disutility and Discommodity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix IV: Theory of Dimensions of Economic Quantities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix V: Popular Use of the Term Value\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix VI: Dimension of Value\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix VII: Analogy to the Theory of Lever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix VIII: Negative and Zero Value\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix IX: Variation of the Price of Corn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix X: Dimension of Labour\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XI: Relations of Economic Quantities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XII: Joint Production\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XIII: Dimension of Capital, Credit, and Debit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XIV: Dimension of Interest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XV: Peacock on the Dimension of Interest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XVI: List of Mathematico-Economic Writings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XVII: List of the Author’s Economic Writings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XVIII: ‘Notice of a General Mathematical Theory of Political Economy,’ Report of British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1862 (1863), Notices and Abstracts of Miscellaneous Communications to the Section (Statistical Science), pp. 158-59.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XIX: ‘Brief Account of a General Mathematical Theory of Political Economy,’ Journal of the Statistical Society of London, vol. xxix (1866), pp. 282-87 (reprinted in the Theory of Political Economy, ed. by H. S. Jevons, 4th edition, 1911, Appendix III, pp. 303-14)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XX: ‘Note by the Editor on the Author’s Theory of Interest (Theory of Political Economy, ed. by H. S. Jevons, 4th edition, 1911, Appendix I, pp. 279-293)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XXI: A Fragment on Capital, Interested to form part of Chapter XXV, Author’s Principles of Economics (Theory of Political Economy, ed. by H. S. Jevons, 4th edition, 1911, Appendix II, pp. 294-302)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XXII: Preface to the third edition by Harriet A. Jevons (1888, pp. li-lii.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XXIII: Preface to the fourth edition by H. Stanley Jevons (1911, pp. lv-lix.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XXIV: Preface to the fifth edition by H. Stanley Jevons (1957, pp. i-iii.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XXV: Introduction and Notes to the Penguin Books’s Edition by R. D. Collison Black (1970, pp. 7-39, 262-71.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix XXVI: Bibliographical List of W. S.Jevons’s Writings, etc., by Takutoshi Inoue and Micheal V. White. With a list of the reviews and translations of his writings and obituaries of him, by Takutoshi Inoue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401875726679,"sku":"9780367110291","price":522.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367110291.jpg?v=1730478765","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/w-stanley-jevons-9780367110291","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}