Britain's Political Economies: Parliament and Economic Life, 1660-1800

ISBN-13: 9781316649909 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 410 str.

Julian Hoppit

Opis

An innovative account of how thousands of acts of parliament sought to improve economic activity during the early industrial revolution.

Recenzje

'… the great virtue of this book is that it demonstrates the sheer complexity of the way in which 'ideas' translate into 'action', and that is a valuable lesson indeed.' Keith Tribe, The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Spis treści

Part I. Contours: 1. Introduction; 2. The legislative revolution; 3. Legislating economically; 4. The local, national, and imperial; 5. Information, interests, and political economy; Part II. Cases: 6. The political economy of the fens; 7. The political economy of wool; 8. The political economy of bounties; 9. Refiguring the British fiscal state; 10. Conclusion; Appendix 1: legislation subject scheme; Appendix 2: specific economic legislation by English and Scottish counties, 1707–1800.