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Australian National University Library La Nauze Collection shelflist Title Author Call Number The works and Ricardo, David, 1772- La Nauze 001-011 correspondence of David 1823 Ricardo / edited by Piero Sraffa with the collaboration of M. H. Dobb Public debts : an essay Adams, Henry C La Nauze 012 in the science of finance Economic studies / ed. Bagehot, Walter, 1826- La Nauze 013 by H.H.Hutton. 2nd ed. 1877 London, Longmans, Green, 1888 The coal question : an Jevons, William La Nauze 014 inquiry concerning the Stanley, 1835-1882 progress of the nation, and the probable exhaustion of our coal- mines Principles of economics Marshall, Alfred, 1842- La Nauze 015 1924 Autobiography Mill, John Stuart, La Nauze 016 1806-1873 British war economy / Hancock, W. K. (William La Nauze 017 by W. K. Hancock and M. Keith), 1898-1988 M. Gowing Political economy / 3rd Gide, Charles, 1847- La Nauze 018 ed.:[translated]... by 1932 Constance H.M.Archibald Lond., [etc.], Harrap 1924 xiv, 762 p. 22 cm The new economics: Harris, Seymour Edwin, La Nauze 019 Keynes' influence on 1897- theory and public policy edited with introductions by Seymour E. Harris. / London, Dennis Dobson, 1949 xxii, 686 + xii p. front.(port.) 23 cm. Bibliography of Keynes' writings, pp. 665-686 L'Ecole economique Bechaux, A La Nauze 020 Francaise Principles of economics Taussig, F. W La Nauze 021-022 / VOLS. 1 & 2 Harmonies of political Bastiat, Frederic La Nauze 023 economy tr. / from the 3rd ed. of the French, with a notice of the life and writings of the author by P.J. Stirling. 2nd ed. Edinb., Oliver and Boyd, [1880.] Note Date Page 1 of 40 Australian National University Library La Nauze Collection shelflist Title Author Call Number from B.M Marxism / by J. La Nauze 024 Middleton Murry ... [et al.] Elizabethan England / Harrison, William, La Nauze 025 ed. by L.Whitington 1534-1593 with [an] introd. by F.J.Furnivall... London, Walter Scott Pub. Co., [1899?]. (Scott library) A short history of the Ashworth, William La Nauze 026 international economy, 1850-1950 Statistics for Allen, R. G. D. (Roy La Nauze 027 economists George Douglas) The industrial Beard, Charles Austin, La Nauze 028 revolution 1874-1948 Communist manifesto : Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 La Nauze 029 socialist landmark / a new appreciation written for the Labour Party by H.J. Laski, together with the original text and prefaces Prices and production. Hayek, Friedrich A. von La Nauze 030 / with a foreword by L. (Friedrich August), Robbins. Lond., 1899-1992 Routledge, [1932 History of economic Heimann, Eduard, 1889- La Nauze 031 doctrines : an 1967 introduction to economic theory Plutology : or the Hearn, William Edward, La Nauze 032 theory of the efforts 1826-1888 to satisy human wants / by William Edward Hearn British economic Court, William Henry La Nauze 034 and 401 history, 1870-1914 : Bassano, 1904- commentary and documents / by W.H.B. Court The free-trade movement Armitage-Smith, G La Nauze 035 and its results Natural value / by Wieser, Friedrich, La Nauze 036 Friedrich von Wieser Freiherr von, 1851-1926 edited with a preface and analysis by William Smart the translation by Christian A. Malloch The rise of the British Woodruff, William La Nauze 037 rubber industry during the nineteenth century The national gain tr. Chydenius, Anders La Nauze 038 Page 2 of 40 Australian National University Library La Nauze Collection shelflist Title Author Call Number / from the Swedish original published in 1765 with an introd. by G.Schauman. Lond., E.Benn, [1931]. 94p The rise of industrial Checkland, S. G La Nauze 039 society in England, 1815-1885 History of economic Hanley, Lewis H La Nauze 040 thought: a critical account of the origin of the economic theories of the leading thinkers in the leading nations Essays on John Maynard La Nauze 041 Keynes / edited by Milo Keynes. London, New York, Cambridge University Press, 1975. xviii, 306 p. [12] leaves of plates ill.: 23 cm. GB... Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-521-20534-4 : X5.90( The principles of Sidgwick, Henry, 1838- La Nauze 042 political economy. / : 1900 2nd ed. Lond. (etc.), Macmillan, 1887 xxiv, 595 p. 23 cm Studies and exercises Keynes, John Neville, La Nauze 043 in formal logic, 1852-1949 including a generalisation of logical processes in their application to complex inferences. / 3rd ed., rewritten and enl. London, Macmillan, 1894 The elements of Sidgwick, Henry, 1838- La Nauze 044 politics, by Henry 1900 Sidgwick Minutes relating to John, Arthur Henry La Nauze 045 Messrs. Samuel Walker & Co., Rotherham, iron founders and steel refiners, 1741-1829, and Messrs. Walkers, Parker & Co., lead manufacturers, 1788- 1893 / [Lond.], Council Page 3 of 40 Australian National University Library La Nauze Collection shelflist Title Author Call Number for the Preservation of Business Archives, 1951. [iv], viii, 78p., fold.map, port Cover- title: The Walker family iron founders and lead manufacturers, 1741-1893 A plan of the English Defoe, Daniel, 1661?- La Nauze 046 commerce : being a 1731 compleat prospect of the trade of this nation, as well the home trade as the foreign The common sense of Wicksteed, Philip H La Nauze 047 political economy : including a study of the human basis of economic law English industries of Salzman, L. F. (Louis La Nauze 048 the middle ages : being Francis), 1878-1971 an introduction to the industrial history of Medieval England Economic adaptation to Wright, Carl Major La Nauze 049 a changing world market The earlier life and La Nauze 050 the chief earlier works of Daniel Defoe, / ed by Henry Morley Handbook of Marxism : La Nauze 051 being a collection of extracts from the writings of Marx, Engles and the greatest of their followers The supply and control Currie, Lauchlin La Nauze 052 of money in the United Bernard States Historical materialism Croce, Benedetto, 1866- La Nauze 053 and the economics of 1952 Karl Marx / tr. by C. M. Meredith with an introduction by A. D. Lindsay A short history of Curtler, W. H. R La Nauze 054 English agriculture Principles of political Gide, Charles, 1847- La Nauze 055 economy / 2nd ed... 1932 [translated] and adapted...by C. WilHam A. Veditz... Lond., Heath, 1903[?] xiv, 706 Page 4 of 40 Australian National University Library La Nauze Collection shelflist Title Author Call Number p. 21 cm. Second American edition...adapted to the use American students... A history of economic Gide, Charles, 1847- La Nauze 056 doctrines from the time 1932 of the physiocrats to the present day / by Charles Gide and Charles Rist authroized translation by R. Richards with additional matter from the latest French editions translated by Ernest F. Row A hundred years of Jones, Gwilym Peredur, La Nauze 057 economic development in 1892- Great Britain, / [by] G.P.Jones and A.G. Pool. London, Duckworoth, 1948 2 copies Emigration from the Carrothers, William A La Nauze 058 British Isles, with special reference to the development of the overseas dominions. / Lond., P.S.king. 1929 A concise economic Clapham, J. H. (John La Nauze 059 history of Britain, Harold), Sir, 1873-1946 from the earliest times to 1750 British overseas trade Schlote, Werner La Nauze 061 from 1700 to the 1930s ... tr. / by W.O.Henderson and W.H.Chaloner. Oxf., Blackwell, 1952. bibl. Tr. from Entwicklung und Struckturwandlungen des englischen Aussenhandels von 1700 bis zur Gegenwart Godwins Political Godwin, William, 1756- La Nauze 062 justice'. A 1836 reproduction of the essay on Property / ed by H. Salt The development of Gray, Alexander La Nauze 063 economic doctrine : an introductory survey A social and economic Gregg, Pauline La Nauze 064 history of Britain, Page 5 of 40 Australian National University Library La Nauze Collection shelflist Title Author Call Number 1760-1950 Lectures on the history Gilbart, J. W La Nauze 065 and principles of ancient commerce Money, credit & Marshall, Alfred, 1842- La Nauze 066 commerce. / London, 1924 Macmillan, 1929 illus Turgot. / by Léon Say Say, Léon, 1826-1896 La Nauze 067 tr. by Gustave Masson History of economic Schumpeter, Joseph La Nauze 068 analysis... / by Joseph Alois, 1883-1950 A. Schumpeter edited from manuscript by Elizabeth Boody Schumpeter Some leading principles Cairnes, J. E La Nauze 069 of political economy, newly expounded The principles of McCulloch, J. R La Nauze 070 political economy, with some inquiries respecting their application, and a sketch of the rise and progress of the science Karl Marx and modern Salter, F. R La Nauze 071 socialism The principles of Jevons, William La Nauze 072 science : a treatise on Stanley, 1835-1882 logic and scientific method / by W. Stanley Jevons Memorials of Alfred Marshall, Alfred, 1842- La Nauze 073 Marshall, edited by 1924 A.C. Pigou The state in relation Jevons, William La Nauze 074 to labour... / by W. Stanley, 1835-1882 Stanley Jevons / edited with an introduction by Francis W. Hirst Principles of economics Taylor, F. M La Nauze 075 Life of Walter Bagehot Barrington, Russell, La Nauze 076 Mrs., d. 1933 Logic Jevons, William La Nauze 077 Stanley, 1835-1882 Political economy Jevons, William La Nauze 078 Stanley, 1835-1882 La France economique et See, Henri La Nauze 079 sociale au XVIIIe siecle History of political Ingram, John K. (John La Nauze 080 economy Kells), 1823-1907 John Bellers 1654-1725 Bellers, John, 1654- La Nauze 081 Quaker, economist and 1725 social reformer : his Page 6 of 40 Australian National University Library La Nauze Collection shelflist Title Author Call Number writings reprinted / with a memoir by A.R. Fry Elementary lessons in Jevons, William La Nauze 082 logic: deductive and Stanley, 1835-1882 inductive with copious questions and examples and a vocabulary of logical terms.
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