The Wealth of The Nations [hardcover] by Adam Smith

Excerpt from Poverty of India As the administration reports of both 1867-8 and 1868-9 do not give the produce of crops per acre, I ascertain it from other sources. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.