Screen LibraryThe political economy of empire in the early modern world
This collection of essays draws on fresh readings of classic texts as well as rigorous research in the archives of Europe's greatest imperial power. Its contributors paint a powerful picture of the nature and implementation of political economy in the long eighteenth century, from the East to t...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies Series
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This collection of essays draws on fresh readings of classic texts as well as rigorous research in the archives of Europe's greatest imperial power. Its contributors paint a powerful picture of the nature and implementation of political economy in the long eighteenth century, from the East to the West Indies. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230230644. |
| Carrier Form: | 256 p. : 7 graphs, 3. |
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9781137315557 : 1137315555 : |
| CLC: | F119 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Foreword: Of Empire and Political Economy-- Richard Drayton Introduction: The Political Economy of Empire-- Sophus Reinert and Pernille Roge PART I: THEORISING THE EARLY MODERN EMPIRE 1. An Empire of Trade Commercial Reason of State in Seventeenth-Century Holland-- Jan Hartman and Arthur Weststeijn 2. A Natural Order of Empire: The Physiocratic Vision of Colonial France after the Seven Years War-- Pernille Roge 3. Adam Smith on American Economic Development and the Future of the European Atlantic Empires-- Thomas Hopkins 4. Views from the South: Images |