Acknowledgements; Contents ; CHAPTER 1: Prologue; CHAPTER 2: Beginnings; Introduction; Constantinople; Sophie Zohrab; Early Years; Moravian Education; Setting Out; Family Life; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 3: "Your Plea Will Not Be in Vain"; Introduction; Literary Debut; Poor Law Reform; New Poor Laws; English Factory Acts; Encounters with Ireland; Compliments to Mr. Thornton; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 4: The Best, Truest, Noblest of Friends; Introduction; Leadenhall Street Days; Political Economy Club; Some Vexations; The Last Years; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 5: Rhymes and Verses

IntroductionFamily Matters; Keeping the Faith; Pastoral Meditations; Myths and Legends; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 6: An Awkward Equilibrium; Introduction; On Labour: Its Rightful Dues and Wrongful Claims; Thornton's Attack on the Classical Theory of Value; Thornton's Assault on the Classical Wage Fund Doctrine; Thornton's Wage Bargaining Model; Mill's Response to Thornton and Reaffirmation of the Wage Fund Doctrine; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 7: Servant of the Raj; Introduction; Entering East India House; Moving Upward and Onward; Keeping in Touch

Thornton and the Public Works Experiment in India, 1858-1880Home Rule; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 8: Burning Words; Introduction; History Never Repeats; Anti-Utilitarianism; Darwin's Bulldog; Nemesis of Faith; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 9: Final Works; Introduction; Classical Political Economy Redux; A Final Plea; The Indian Currency System; The Indian Silver Question; The Indian Exchange Difficulty; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 10: Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Unpublished Archival Sources; William Thomas Thornton's Books and Articles; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Index