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1 online resource. |
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Political economies of capitalism, 1600-1850
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: Reform and improvement in early modern Europe / Adriana Luna-Fabritius, Ere Nokkala, Marten Seppel, Keith Tribe -- Reform : elements for a conceptual history / Keith Tribe -- The evolution of the concept Verbesserung and the anonymous German discourse of improvement / Marten Seppel -- "Changes to preserve everything the way it always was" : the idea of reform and the slow disintegration of the old regime / Alexandre Mendes-Cunha -- "Changes are harmful to the state" : the concept of reform in Russian political thought, 1700-1790 / Sergey Polskoy -- Reform and utopia in early-modern Italian political economy : historicising a tension / Adriana Luna-Fabritius -- Projects for the improvement of constitutional order : late cameralists as advocates of political change / Ere Nokkala -- Joseph von Sonnenfels and the Political codex (1763-1817) / Ivo Cerman -- The translation, adaptation and mediation of cameralist texts in Austrian-Habsburg Lombardy's "age of reform" / Alexandra Ortolja-Baird -- How undiplomatic memoirs shaped Enlightenment reform : Melchor Rafael Macanaz's Memorias & contexts of change in Bourbon Spain / Edward Jones-Corredera -- Making and trading metals : a narrative of Swedish improvement / Måns Jansson & Göran Rydén -- National economics in Sweden : reform and the political economy of industrial progress 1800-1850 / Lars Magnusson -- Epilogue / Kari Saastamoinen. |
| Summary |
"This collection of essays re-examines ideas of change and movements for change in early modern Europe without presuming that "progressive" change was the outcome of "reforms". This volume is a useful resource for students and scholars interested in Enlightenment studies, intellectual history, and conceptual history in early modern Europe"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Biography |
Adriana Luna-Fabritius is the President of the European Society for the History of Political Thought and University Researcher at the University of Helsinki. She studies early-modern languages of republicanism, natural law and political economy in the Spanish monarchy: Naples, Catalonia and New Spain. Her research is grounded on the transformation of imperialism through scientific, legal and political practices of its communicating networks. Ere Nokkala is a University Researcher at the University of Helsinki. His main research interests are in eighteenth-century German and Swedish intellectual history. He is the author of From Natural Law to Political Economy. J.H.G. von Justi on State, Commerce and International Order (2019). Marten Seppel is Associate Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Tartu. His main interests of research include: the spread of German cameralist teaching, Eastern Europe serfdom, and hunger relief policies in early modern Europe. He is the editor (with Keith Tribe) Cameralism in Practice: State Administration and Economy in Early Modern Europe (2017). Keith Tribe is Associate Professor of History at the University of Tartu. He is an economic historian and translator who has published widely in the history of economic discourse. His most recent book is Constructing Economic Science. The Invention of a Discipline 1850-1950 (2021). |
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Enlightenment -- Europe.
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Social problems -- Europe.
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Civic improvement -- Europe.
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Europe -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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Europe -- Politics and government -- 18th century.
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Europe -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
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HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century.
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HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia.
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HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.
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Civic improvement. (OCoLC)fst00862325
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Enlightenment. (OCoLC)fst00912527
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Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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Social problems. (OCoLC)fst01122778
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1799
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| Added Author |
Luna-Fabritius, Adriana, editor.
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Nokkala, Ere, 1978- editor.
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Seppel, Marten, 1979- editor.
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Tribe, Keith, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Political reason and the language of change Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 9781032073897 (DLC) 2022011275 |
| ISBN |
9781003206675 (ebook) |
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1003206670 |
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9781000644135 (electronic book : PDF) |
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1000644138 (electronic book : PDF) |
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9781000644142 (electronic book : EPUB) |
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1000644146 (electronic book : EPUB) |
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9781032073897 (hardback) |
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9781032073903 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9781003206675 doi |
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