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  • 2013
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The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World

By: Sophus A. Reinert and Pernille Røge
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Abstract

This volume recasts our understanding of the practical and theoretical foundations and dynamic experiences of early modern imperialism. The imperial encounter with political economy was neither uniform across political, economic, cultural, and religious constellations nor static across time. The contributions collected in this volume address, with undeniable pertinence for the struggles of later periods, the moral and military ambiguity of profits and power, as well as the often-jealous interactions between different solutions to the problem of empire. The book presents a powerful mosaic of imperial theories and practices contributing to the creation of the modern world and to the most pressing concerns of our time.

Keywords

Political Economy; Early Modern Imperialism; Economy; Government and Politics

Citation

Reinert, Sophus A., and Pernille Røge, eds. The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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Sophus A. Reinert

Business, Government and the International Economy
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