An Essay Upon Projects

An Essay Upon Projects

Daniel Defoe, english trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy, now most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- INTRODUCTION

-03- AUTHOR'S PREFACE

-04- AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION

-05- THE HISTORY OF PROJECTS

-06- OF PROJECTORS

-07- OF BANKS

-08- OF THE MULTIPLICITY OF BANKS

-09- OF THE HIGHWAYS

-10- OF ASSURANCES

-11- OF FRIENDLY SOCIETIES

-12- OF SEAMEN

-13- THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A PENSION OFFICE

-14- OF WAGERING

-15- OF FOOLS

-16- A CHARITY-LOTTERY

-17- OF BANKRUPTS

-18- A COURT OF INQUIRIES

-19- OF ACADEMIES

-20- ROYAL ACADEMY FOR MILITARY EXERCISES

-21- ACADEMY FOR WOMEN

-22- OF A COURT MERCHANT

-23- OF SEAMEN

-24- THE CONCLUSION