The book draws on the history of economics, literary theory, and the history of science to explore how European travelers like Alexander von Humboldt and their readers, circa 1750-1850, adapted the work of British political economists, such as Adam Smith, to help organize their observations.
The book draws on the history of economics, literary theory, and the history of science to explore how European travelers like Alexander von Humboldt and their readers, circa 1750-1850, adapted the work of British political economists, such as Adam Smith, to help organize their observations.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Brian P. Cooper is an independent scholar whose research explores the boundaries of economics past and present. His publications include Family Fictions and Family Facts: Harriet Martineau, Adolphe Quetelet, and the Population Question in England, 1798-1859 (2007), and "Social Classifications, Social Statistics and the 'Facts' of 'Difference' in Economics", in Toward a Feminist Philosophy of Economics (2003).
Inhaltsangabe
1 Introduction 2 "Instructions for Travellers" 3 Travels with Malthus: the population principle in the field 4 Travelers in search of Malthus's "authenticated facts": the case of Ireland 5 Travel accounts of Spanish America and British political economy, circa 1800-1823 6 "To Give this Country its True Value": British Travelers in La Plata and Chile, and the Financial Crisis of 1825-6 7 Travels with Harriet Martineau
1 Introduction 2 "Instructions for Travellers" 3 Travels with Malthus: the population principle in the field 4 Travelers in search of Malthus's "authenticated facts": the case of Ireland 5 Travel accounts of Spanish America and British political economy, circa 1800-1823 6 "To Give this Country its True Value": British Travelers in La Plata and Chile, and the Financial Crisis of 1825-6 7 Travels with Harriet Martineau
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