Early Debates about Industry [electronic resource] : Voltaire and His Contemporaries /
Schui, F.author.
Industry has been at the centre of some of the most formidable political and economic debates of the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book explores the pivotal decades of the eighteenth-century in which the modern concept of industry was, for the first time, at the heart of heated debates in France and other European countries. The close reading of contemporary debates illuminates the origins of an economic key concept and suggests a fresh perspective on the rise of industry in the eighteenth-century.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Industry in Voltaire's Time; 2 Voltaire, Prussia and Industry; 3 A European Debate about Colbert; 4 How Much Industry Does a Nation Need?; 5 A Political Campaign for Industry; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-234) and index.
Industry has been at the centre of some of the most formidable political and economic debates of the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book explores the pivotal decades of the eighteenth-century in which the modern concept of industry was, for the first time, at the heart of heated debates in France and other European countries. The close reading of contemporary debates illuminates the origins of an economic key concept and suggests a fresh perspective on the rise of industry in the eighteenth-century.
Voltaire, 1694-1778
Economic history.
Economic theory.
History of Economic Thought/Methodology.
Economic History.
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.