Singular case : debating China's political economy in the European Enlightenment, A
Enlightenment Economic history China
McGill-Queen's University Press
2017
EISBN 9780773549166
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 science of princes" : China's constitutional foundations.
"Duties of the sovereign" : civil and military successes and failures.
"Very ignorant reasoners" : China's science and technology.
Conclusion : prospects for the "stationary state."
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 science of princes" : China's constitutional foundations.
"Duties of the sovereign" : civil and military successes and failures.
"Very ignorant reasoners" : China's science and technology.
Conclusion : prospects for the "stationary state".
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 science of princes" : China's constitutional foundations.
"Duties of the sovereign" : civil and military successes and failures.
"Very ignorant reasoners" : China's science and technology.
Conclusion : prospects for the "stationary state."
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 science of princes" : China's constitutional foundations.
"Duties of the sovereign" : civil and military successes and failures.
"Very ignorant reasoners" : China's science and technology.
Conclusion : prospects for the "stationary state".
