A history of states and economic policies in early modern Europe / Silvia A. Conca Messina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conca Messina, Silvia A., 1966- author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Perspectives in economic and social history ; 57.

Perspectives in economic and social history ; 57

Standardized Title:

Profitti del potere. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Europe--Economic conditions.

Europe.

Economic conditions.

Europe--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Economic history.

International economic relations--History.

International economic relations.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 238 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

Why was early modern Europe the starting point of the economic expansion which led to the Industrial Revolution? What was the state's role in this momentous transformation? A History of States and Economic Policies in Early Modern Europe takes a comparative approach to answer these questions, demonstrating that wars, public finance and state intervention in the economy were the key elements underlying European economic dynamics of the era. Structured in two parts, the book begins by examining the central issues of the state-economy relationship, including military revolution, the fiscal state and public finance, mercantilism, the formation of commercial empires and the economic war between Britain and France in the 1700s. The second part presents a detailed comparison between the different economic policies of the most important European states, looking at their unique demographic, economic, military and institutional contexts. Taken as a whole, this work provides a valuable analysis of early modern economic history and a picture of Europe's global position on the eve of the Industrial Revolution. This book will be useful to students and researchers of economic history, early modern history and European history.

Contents:

War, finance, and mercantilism

Great divergence, fiscal-military state and economic policy

From trading cities to territorial states

The "military revolution"

The rise of the fiscal state

Different paths to public finance and fiscal systems

European states and the crisis of the seventeenth century

Responses to the crisis : recentering the european economy

Mercantilism

Naval power and global trade

The economic war between France and Britain in the 18th century

Economic policies

The Italian states (16th-17th centuries)

State, economic policy and the Portuguese empire

Spain: empire, crisis, reforms

The Dutch Republic : a "merchant state"

France : state, colbertism, economic performance

England and the UK : the mercantile system

The economic policy of Sweden

Russia from Peter the Great to Catherine

State and economy in Frederick II's Brandenburg-Prussia

The Habsburg monarchy

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Conca Messina, Silvia A., 1966- Profitti del potere. English. History of states and economic policies in early modern Europe.

ISBN:

9780367135102

0367135108

OCLC:

1080248798