---
title: 'Political Economy: With Especial Reference to the Industrial History of Nations'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Robert Ellis Thompson'
date: 1882-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
- 'History (General)'
- 'Science'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 13'
- 'Luke 12'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/thompson-1882-political-economy-with-especial-reference-to-the-industrial-history-of-nations
---

# Political Economy: With Especial Reference to the Industrial History of Nations

Preface and Chapter 1 of a political economy textbook defining national economy as a social science, tracing its history, method, and relation of economic art to scientific principles.

[Download](https://media.confessional.org/archives/thompson-1882-political-economy-with-especial-reference-to-the-industrial-history-of-nations.pdf)