Essay upon Projects
Essay upon Projects
About this book
Daniel Defoe was an English writer, journalist, and trader. Defoe was a prolific author and he was one of the first to help popularize novels in English literature. Defoe wrote popular works in many different genres and The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is still one of the most widely read novels in all of literature. An Essay Upon Projects is a book of essays, published in 1697, in which Defoe describes some of his plans for the social and economic improvement of England.
Subjects
Defoe, daniel, 1661?-1731EconomicsGreat britain, economic conditions, 18th centuryFinanceSocial conditions