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Worlds of Political Economy: Knowledge and Power in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Daunton, Martin, Trentmann, Frank
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Trentmann, Frank; Daunton, Martin. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Worlds of Political Economy explores the meanings and workings of political economy as a source of knowledge and power in national, imperial, and transnational settings in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Giving attention to the rich and contested social and cultural nature of political economy as a cluster of ideas and working practices, this volume brings together original essays on sociability, philanthropy and self-interest, imperial land and ecology, international development and public health, expert cultures and transnational diffusion.
Worlds of Political Economy explores the meanings and workings of political economy as a source of knowledge and power in national, imperial, and transnational settings in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Giving attention to the rich and contested social and cultural nature of political economy as a cluster of ideas and working practices, this volume brings together original essays on sociability, philanthropy and self-interest, imperial land and ecology, international development and public health, expert cultures and transnational diffusion.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403932181
SKU
V9781403932181
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99-15
About Daunton, Martin, Trentmann, Frank
TIMOTHY ALBORN Lecturer in Modern British History, Lehman College, City University of New York, USA SANDRA DEN OTTER Associate Professor of History, Queen's University, Canada SHELDON GARON Professor of History, Princeton University, USA HEATH PERSON Lecturer in Economic History, University of California-Berkeley, USA EMMA REISZ Researcher, University of Cambridge, UK WILLIBALD STEINMETZ Professor of Modern History, Universitat Bielefeld, Germany FRANCOIS-DAVID ... Read more
Reviews for Worlds of Political Economy: Knowledge and Power in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
'Ranging widely and perceptively across national and imperial frontiers, the resulting studies provide compelling evidence of public (and popular) engagement with the myriad worlds of political economy that lay outside the narrow confines of economic science.' - Margot Finn, Reader in History at the University of Warwick 'By considering various forms of economic knowledge at work both ... Read more