"In this new account of Old Regime Europe, T.C.W. Blanning explores the cultural revolution which transformed eighteenth-century Europe. During this period the court culture exemplified by Louis XIV's Versailles was pushed from the centre to the margins by the emergence of a new…
In June 2019, in an interview given to the Financial Times, Russian President Vladimir Putin baldly declared that the liberal idea had outlived its purpose as the public turned against immigration, open borders and multiculturalism. If liberalism has indeed come into conflict wi…
Introduction : judging "schemes of oeconomy" -- Travelling knowledge in the "discerning age" : ethnography and Enlightenment -- "The most unscrupulous people on earth" : the paradox of China's commercial spirit -- "Your beggarly commerce!" China and international trade -- "The s…
Introduction : judging "schemes of oeconomy"--Travelling knowledge in the "discerning age" : ethnography and Enlightenment -- "The most unscrupulous people on earth" : the paradox of China's commercial spirit -- "Your beggarly commerce!" China and international trade -- "The sci…
A study of a time when Europeans sought to learn from China's successful model of political economy
Introduction : judging "schemes of oeconomy"--Travelling knowledge in the "discerning age" : ethnography and Enlightenment -- "The most unscrupulous people on earth" : the paradox of China's commercial spirit -- "Your beggarly commerce!" China and international trade -- "The sci…
Introduction : judging "schemes of oeconomy"--Travelling knowledge in the "discerning age" : ethnography and Enlightenment -- "The most unscrupulous people on earth" : the paradox of China's commercial spirit -- "Your beggarly commerce!" China and international trade -- "The sci…
'Agricultural Enlightenment' explores the modernization of the rural economy in Europe through the lens of the Enlightenment. It focuses on the second half of the eighteenth century and emphasises the role of useful knowledge in the process of agrarian change and agricultural de…
'Agricultural Enlightenment' explores the modernization of the rural economy in Europe through the lens of the Enlightenment. It focuses on the second half of the eighteenth century and emphasises the role of useful knowledge in the process of agrarian change and agricultural de…
