This book puts the industrial revolution in a political and institutional context of state-making and the creation of modern national states, demonstrating that industrial transformation was connected to state and military interests.
Magnusson presents a detailed account of the development of mercantilism as a trend of economic thought during the 17th and 18th centuries and appraises its content and impact.
Magnusson presents a detailed account of the development of mercantilism as a trend of economic thought during the 17th and 18th centuries and appraises its content and impact.
This book puts the industrial revolution in a political and institutional context of state-making and the creation of modern national states, demonstrating that industrial transformation was connected to state and military interests.
Situating key texts and writers in their proper historical context, this book presents a history of Swedish economic thinking from early modern times to the present day.