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Money and Political Economy in the Enlightenment
Dr. Daniel Carey
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Description for Money and Political Economy in the Enlightenment
Paperback. Series: (SVEC ). Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBG; HBLL; KCP; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
The development of political economy as a philosophical preoccupation constitutes a defining feature of the Enlightenment, but no consensual agreement on this issue was formed in the period. In this book contributors reassess the conflicting views on money, trade, banking, and the role of the State in the work of leading figures such as Locke, Davenant, Toland, Berkeley and Smith, and Smith's critics in revolutionary France. Key events, from the Recoinage crisis in the 1690s to the South Sea Bubble in the 1720s and the consequences of the French Revolution, sharpened the need for a more dynamic ... Read more
The development of political economy as a philosophical preoccupation constitutes a defining feature of the Enlightenment, but no consensual agreement on this issue was formed in the period. In this book contributors reassess the conflicting views on money, trade, banking, and the role of the State in the work of leading figures such as Locke, Davenant, Toland, Berkeley and Smith, and Smith's critics in revolutionary France. Key events, from the Recoinage crisis in the 1690s to the South Sea Bubble in the 1720s and the consequences of the French Revolution, sharpened the need for a more dynamic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
Series
(SVEC )
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780729411387
SKU
V9780729411387
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Reviews for Money and Political Economy in the Enlightenment
Reviews`[In this book] there is a tight connection between Enlightenment ideas and the historical context in which they were originally offered [...] almost without exception, the scholarship is of high quality.' French History