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Histories of Trade as Histories of Civilisation (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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Histories of Trade as Histories of Civilisation (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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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
ministers whose 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 precariousness of economic
hegemonies, developed. However, as a field of tension in which
multiple and even divergent intellectual sensibilities met, this
literary genre also found space for critical assessments that
focused on the ambivalence and dangers of commercial civilisation.
Examining the complex relationship between the production of wealth
and civilisation, this book provides unique insights for scholars
of political economy, intellectual history and economic history.
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