An Essay Upon Projects

An Essay Upon Projects (1697) was the first volume published by Daniel Defoe.^[1] It begins with a portrait of his time as a "Projecting Age"^[2] and subsequently illustrates plans for the economic and social improvement of England,^[3] including an early proposal for a national insurance scheme.

Many of its issues were later revised in a series of pamphlets which were published under the nom-de-plume of Andrew Moreton.^[1] They are titled Every-body's Business, Is No-body's Business (1725), The Protestant Monastery (1726), Parochial Tyranny (1727), Augusta Triumphans (1728) and Second Thoughts are Best (1729).^[1] Compared to these works, however, An Essay Upon Projects is more focused on moral criticism than being project-oriented.^[4]

A list of the chapters

Author's Preface - to Dalby Thomas, Esq.
Author's Introduction
The History of Projects
Of Projectors
Of Banks
Of the Highways
Of Assurances
Of Friendly Societies
The Proposal is for a Pension Office
Of Wagering
Of Fools
Of Bankrupts
Of Academies
Of a Court Merchant
Of Seamen
The Conclusion

References

1 2 3 P B, Backscheider (1989). Daniel Defoe.His Life. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 517.
↑ D, Defoe (1887). An Essay Upon Projects. London, Paris, New York and Melboune: Cassell & Company.
↑ "Social Projects". Indiana.edu. Indiana University Bloomington. 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
↑ M E, Novak (2001). Daniel Defoe. Master of Fictions. United States of America: Oxford University Press. p. 680.

Bibliography

Backscheider, P B, Daniel Defoe.His Life, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1989.
“Social Projects”, Daniel Defoe. The Collection of the Lily Library,Indiana University Bloomington, 2008, retrieved 25 October 2015, <http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/defoe/projects.html>
George, M D, London Life in the Eightenth Century, Penguin Books, Great Britain, 1979.
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Novak, M E, “Last Productive Years”,Daniel Defoe Master of Fictions. His Life and Ideas, Oxford University Press, United States of America, 2001.

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