Ben Dew

Commerce, finance and statecraft

Histories of England, 1600-1780

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Produktbeschreibung

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, historians of England pioneered a series of new approaches to the nation's economic history. Commerce, finances and statecraft charts the development of these forms of writing and examines their importance for the economic, political and historical thought of the period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 543g
• ISBN-13: 9781784992965
• ISBN-10: 1784992968
• Artikelnr.: 50987311

Autorenporträt

Ben Dew is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies at the University of Portsmouth

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I 1 Tacitean history: Francis Bacon's History of the
Reign of King Henry VII 2 Exemplary history: William Camden's Annales 3
Chronology and commerce: Edmund Howes' Annales Part II 4 The English Civil
War and the politics of economic statecraft 5 Whig history: Paul de Thoyras
de Rapin's Histoire 6 Tory history: Thomas Salmon's Modern History 7
Jacobite history: Thomas Carte's General History Part III 8 Economic
statecraft and economic progress: William Guthrie's General History 9 The
end of economic statecraft: David Hume's History of England Conclusion
Notes Bibliography Index