Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 226 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-1-139-04751-7
Content:
Histories of economics tend to portray attitudes towards commerce in the era of Adam Smith as celebrating what is termed doux commerce, that is, sweet or gentle commerce. Commerce and Its Discontents in Eighteenth-Century French Political Thought proposes that reliance on this doux commerce thesis has obscured our comprehension of the theory and experience of commerce in Enlightenment Europe. Instead, it uncovers ambivalence towards commerce in eighteenth-century France, distinguished by an awareness of its limits - slavery, piracy and monopoly. Through a careful analysis of the Histoire des deux Indes (1780), the Enlightenment's best-selling history of comparative empires, Anoush Fraser Terjanian offers a new perspective on the connections between political economy, imperialism and the Enlightenment. In discussing how a 'politics of definition' governed the early debates about global commerce and its impact, this book enriches our understanding of the prehistory of globalisation
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
,
Commerce and its discontents -- 1. Bon luxe, mauvais luxe: a language of commerce -- 2. Doux commerce, commerce odieux: the commerce in humans -- 3. Cette odieuse piraterie: defining piracy -- 4. Indigne atelier: monopoly and monopolists -- Conclusion: Commerce and its discontents
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-107-00564-8
Language:
English
Keywords:
Wirtschaft
;
Handel
;
Politik
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139047517
URL:
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URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139047517
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