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Translating Empire

Emulation and the Origins of Political Economy

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Publication Date: 10/17/2011

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  • List of Figures
  • Map: the Americas and the Caribbean, c. 1788
  • Map: Europe, c. 1788, with dates of publication for Cary’s Essay on the State of England
  • Introduction
  • 1. Emulation and Translation
  • 2. Cary’s Essay on the State of England
  • 3. Butel-Dumont’s Essai sur l’État du Commerce d’Angleterre
  • 4. Genovesi’s Storia del commercio della Gran Brettagna
  • 5. Wichmann’s Ökonomisch-politischer Commentarius
  • Epilogue
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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