Nation, State and the Industrial Revolution - The Visible Hand

Informationen zum Autor Lars Magnusson is Professor and Chair of Economic History at Uppsala University, Sweden. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction  2. The Early Modern State  3. The construction of  the myth of a laissez faire state  4. The State and the industrial revolution  5. Politics and industrial revolution in America  6. The Late-comers  7. Conclusion

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• Authors: Lars Magnusson, Lars (Uppsala University Magnusson, Magnusson Lars
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2009
• EAN: 9780415461771
• ISBN: 978-0-415-46177-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Econ; Routledge Explorations in Economic History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, HISTORY / Social History, Political Economy, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history