书目名称 | Histories of Trade as Histories of Civilisation | 编辑 | Antonella Alimento,Aris Della Fontana | 视频video | | 概述 | Examines the Histories of Trade that emerged during the 18th century as part of the histoire philosophique movement.Explores broader questions of eighteenth-century political economy, as expressed in | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .This edited collection explores the histories of trade, a peculiar literary genre that emerged in the context of the historiographical and cultural changes promoted by the .histoire philosophique .movement. It marked a discontinuity with erudition and antiquarianism, and interacted critically with universal history. By comparing and linking the histories of individual peoples within a common historical process, this genre enriched the reflection on civilisation that emerged during the long eighteenth century. Those who looked to the past wanted to understand the political constitutions and manners most appropriate to commerce, and grasp the recurring mechanisms underlying economic development. In this sense, histories of trade constituted a declination of eighteenth-century political economy, and thus became an invaluable analytical and practical tool for a galaxy of academic scholars, journalists, lawyers, administrators, diplomats and government ministerswhose ambition was to reform the political, social and economic structure of their nations. Moreover, thanks to these investigations, a lucid awareness of historical temporality and, more particularly, the irrepressible precario | 出版日期 | Book 2021 | 关键词 | Classical Antiquity; Middle Ages; Early Modern; Historiography; Production of wealth; Philosophy of histo | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80087-1 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-80089-5 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-80087-1 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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