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The tradition of free trade / Lars Magnusson.
Lippincott Library HF1711 .M34 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Magnusson, Lars, 1952-
- Series:
- Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 69.
- Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 69
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Free trade--History--19th century.
- Free trade.
- Free trade--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Free trade--United States--History--19th century.
- Free trade--Sweden--History--19th century.
- Economic history--1750-1918.
- Economic history.
- History.
- Sweden.
- United States.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 194 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
- Contents:
- 1 The invention of a tradition of free trade: an introduction 1
- A historical reading of the history of economics 4
- The use and diffusion of economic language 14
- 2 The heritage from Smith and classical political economy 20
- Adam Smith as a system builder 27
- The historical Smith 30
- The real classical economists 36
- 3 The invention of a tradition: from the Corn Laws to the fair trade controversy 46
- The Christian moralist - and others 53
- Manchester uses of Adam Smith 57
- Popular economics 61
- The fair trade debate 64
- 4 The historical construction of mercantilism 70
- Mercantilism 72
- Adam Smith's mercantile system today 74
- The historical construction of a concept 78
- Manchester and the mercantile system 82
- The role of mercantilism in nineteenth-century economic thought 90
- 5 The American system 92
- The other face of American political economy 94
- Henry C. Carey 100
- John Rae 104
- The American system 106
- Free-traders in the Antebellum South 113
- After the Civil War 116
- 6 The three systems of political economy: a Swedish case of translation 123
- Early economics in Sweden 126
- Physiocracy in Sweden 130
- Smith, Sweden and the industrial system 140.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [158]-189) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415262151
- OCLC:
- 54073099
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