The Economist: The Political, Commercial, Agricultural, and Free Trade Journal (1843-)

Created: 5 February, 2013
Updated: 5 February, 2013

 

[James Wilson (1805-1860) ]

 

Introduction

The editors of The Economist in its early yesaars (1843-1860) have been:

  • James Wilson (1805-1860) 1843–1857 (Herbert Spencer was sub-editor from 1848 to 1853)
  • Richard Holt Hutton (1805-1860) 1857–1861
  • Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) 1861–1877

We plan to collect the essays and editorial matter which appeared in each issue and link to them from here. The issues were organized into the following volumes:

The Economist: The Political, Commercial, Agricultural, and Free Trade Journal

 

  • vol. 1: 1843
    • Preliminary Number and Prospectus. August, 1843 [PDF 1.4 MB] and HTML.
  • 1844
  • 1845
  • 1846
  • 1847 Jan-Jun
  • 1847 Jul-Dec
  • 1848 Jan-Jun
  • 1848 Jul-Dec
  • 1849 Jan-Jun
  • 1849 Jul-Dec
  • 1850 Jan-Jun
  • 1850 Jul-Dec
  • 1851 Jan-Jun
  • 1851 Jul-Dec
  • 1852 Jan-Jun
  • 1852 Jul-Dec
  • 1853 Jan-Jun
  • 1853 Jul-Dec
  • 1854 Jan-Jun
  • 1854 Jul-Dec
  • 1855 Jan-Jun
  • 1855 Jul-Dec
  • 1856 Jan-Jun
  • 1856 Jul-Dec
  • 1858 Jan-Jun
  • 1858 Jul-Dec
  • 1859 Jan-Jun
  • 1859 Jul-Dec
  • 1860 Jan-Jun
  • 1860 Jul-Dec