Histories of trade as histories of civilisation / Antonella Alimento, Aris Della Fontana, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alimento, A. (Antonella), editor.

Della Fontana, Aris, editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

William E. Lingelbach Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Social aspects--History.

Economic development.

Commerce--Social aspects--History.

Commerce.

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

History.

Commerce--Social aspects.

Economic development--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 362 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

System Details:

text file PDF

Contents:

1. Antonella Alimento and Aris Della Fontana, The Histories of Trade as Histories of Civilization: a peculiar Eighteenth-Century Genre for Reflecting on Commercial Society

2. Arnaud Orain, Figurism, Temporal Goods and the Manifestation of the Divine: The History of Commerce in the Jansenists Pedagogues of the Eighteenth Century

3. Arnault Skornicki, The Physiocratic Counter-History of Trade

4. Moritz Isenmann, Commercial Policy and Social Conflict at the Court of Louis XIV: Contextualizing Pierre-Daniel Huets Histoire du commerce (1666)

5. William J. Ashworth, Power and Emulation: Works on Trade and Industry in Early Modern England

6. Koen Stapelbroek, The History of Trade and the Legitimacy of the Dutch Republic

7. Antonella Alimento, Re-employing Sources to Reflect on Civilisation: The Case of the Dissertazione Storica sopra il commercio (1751)

8. Ere Nokkala, August von Schlozers General History of Trade and of Seafaring (1758): The Idea of Trade as Primus Motor of Civilization

9. Alida Clemente, Between Coeval Models and the Glories of Antiquity: Power, Decline and National Virtues in the Neapolitan Histories of Trade

10. Jenny Mander, The City, War and Modern Civilization Seen from the Perspective of Raynal's History of Commerce

11. Aris Della Fontana, Ancient Rome as a Field of Tension: Antonio de Torress Memoria Apologetica del Dommercio e Coltura dei Romani (1788-91) versus Francesco Mengottis Del Commercio de Romani dalla Prima Guerra Punica a Costantino (1787).

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the William E. Lingelbach Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: HISTORIES OF TRADE AS HISTORIES OF CIVILIZATION.

ISBN:

9783030800871

3030800873

Publisher Number:

99989607460

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.