Translating empire : emulation and the origins of political economy / Sophus A. Reinert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reinert, Sophus A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Europe--History--18th century.

Economics.

Philosophy, European--18th century.

Philosophy, European.

History.

Europe--Intellectual life--18th century.

Europe.

Intellectual life.

Enlightenment--Europe.

Enlightenment.

Physical Description:

438 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Reinert (business administration, Harvard Business School) aims to reconstruct the development of international political economy and its relation to the historical development of capitalism within a historical perspective that reconstructs the actual theories and policies of England and Europe at the dawn of capitalism, along with how they were transmitted and modified across borders (as opposed to the retroactive historiography of political economy invented more to fit late-19th-century needs and perspectives). As a work of intellectual archaeology, it places a heavy emphasis on translations of economic and political texts across European languages as these demonstrate the political-economic ideas that were sought for emulation. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction

Emulation and translation

Cary's Essay on the state of England

Butel-Dumont's Essai sur l'etat du commerce d'Angleterre

Genovesi's Storia del commercio della Gran Brettagna

Wichmann's Ekonomisch-politischer commentarius

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674061514

0674061519

OCLC:

709670251