Preface vi <p>Acknowledgments x</p> <p>1 Dissenter, Merchant, Speculator,Writer 1</p> <p>2 Early Writings 1697–1703: Projects, Dissent, Poems 31</p> <p>3 Political Journalism: 1697–1710 70</p> <p>4 Political Agent and Journalist: Queen Anne to the Hanoverians 113</p> <p>5 Moral, Social, and Economic Writings 1714–31 143</p> <p>6 Robinson Crusoe 174</p> <p>7 Travel, Politics, and Adventure 213</p> <p>8 Crime and Narrative 234</p> <p>9 Roxana: A Novel of Crime and Punishment 268</p> <p>10 History, Facts, and Literature 301</p> <p>11 Political Journalist and Moral Censor: 1715–31 337</p> <p>Notes 362</p> <p>Bibliography 390</p> <p>Index 395</p>