Description: Commerce and Its Discontents in Eighteenth-century French Political Thought, Paperback by Terjanian, Anoush Fraser, ISBN 131660845X, ISBN-13 9781316608456, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Histories of economics tend to portray attitudes towards commerce in the era of Adam Smith as celebrating what is termed doux commerce, that is, sweet or gentle commerce. Commerce and Its Discontents in Eighteenth-Century French Political Thought proposes that reliance on this doux commerce thesis has obscured our comprehension of the theory and experience of commerce in Enlightenment Europe. Instead, it uncovers ambivalence towards commerce in eighteenth-century France, distinguished by an awareness of its limits - slavery, piracy and monopoly. Through a careful analysis of the Histoire des deux Indes (1780), the Enlightenment's best-selling history of comparative empires, Anoush Fraser Terjanian offers a new perspective on the connections between political economy, imperialism and the Enlightenment. In discussing how a 'politics of definition' governed the early debates about global commerce and its impact, this book enriches our understanding of the prehistory of globalisation.
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Book Title: Commerce and Its Discontents in Eighteenth-century French Politic
Item Length: 9.1in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Anoush Fraser Terjanian
Publication Name: Commerce and Its Discontents in Eighteenth-Century French Political Thought
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 242 Pages
