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020 _a9781139057875 (ebook)
020 _z9781107015258 (hardback)
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050 0 0 _aHC254.5
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100 1 _aHoppit, Julian,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aBritain's political economies :
_bParliament and economic life, 1660-1800 /
_cJulian Hoppit, University College London.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2017.
300 _a1 online resource (xxii, 391 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 May 2017).
520 _aThe Glorious Revolution of 1688-9 transformed the role of parliament in Britain and its empire. Large numbers of statutes resulted, with most concerning economic activity. Julian Hoppit here provides the first comprehensive account of these acts, revealing how government affected economic life in this critical period prior to the Industrial Revolution, and how economic interests across Britain used legislative authority for their own benefit. Through a series of case studies, he shows how ideas, interests, and information influenced statutory action in practice. Existing frameworks such as'mercantilism' and the'fiscal-military state' fail to capture the full richness and structural limitations of how political power influenced Britain's precocious economic development in the period. Instead, finely grained statutory action was the norm, guided more by present needs than any grand plan, with regulatory ambitions constrained by administrative limitations, and some parts of Britain benefiting much more than others.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xEconomic policy.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xEconomic conditions.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xPolitics and government
_y1660-1714.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xPolitics and government
_y18th century.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107015258
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781139057875
907 _a.b16834835
_b2020-12-22
_c2020-09-28
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