{"product_id":"commerce-and-manners-in-edmund-burkes-political-economy-hardback-9781108489409","title":"Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke's Political Economy (Hardback) 9781108489409","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCommerce and Manners in Edmund Burke's Political Economy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explores Edmund Burke's economic thought through his understanding of commerce in wider social, imperial, and ethical contexts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGregory M. Collins (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108489409, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 May 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e578 pages, 6 b\/w illus.  9 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.95 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'A fine book. It makes both an important contribution to contemporary debates about conservatism and freedom and to Burke scholarship.' Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution, Stanford University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAlthough many of Edmund Burke's speeches and writings contain prominent economic dimensions, his economic thought seldom receives the attention it warrants. Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke's Political Economy stands as the most comprehensive study to date of this fascinating subject. In addition to providing rigorous textual analysis, Collins unearths previously unpublished manuscripts and employs empirical data to paint a rich historical and theoretical context for Burke's economic beliefs. Collins integrates Burke's reflections on trade, taxation, and revenue within his understanding of the limits of reason and his broader conception of empire. Such reflections demonstrate the ways that commerce, if properly managed, could be an instrument for both public prosperity and imperial prestige. More importantly, Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke's Political Economy raises timely ethical questions about capitalism and its limits. In Burke's judgment, civilizations cannot endure on transactional exchange alone, and markets require ethical preconditions. There is a grace to life that cannot be bought.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Biography: 1. Biography and Burke's authority as a political economist\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Market Economies: 2. Thoughts and Details on Scarcity, supply and demand, and middlemen\u003cbr\u003e 3. Agricultural policy, labor, and wealth redistribution\u003cbr\u003e 4. Markets, rationalism, and the Hayek connection\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The British Constitution and Economical Reform: 5. The British Constitution: Burke's program of economical reform and the role of the state\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Foreign Trade: 6. Account of the European Settlements in America, the British West Indies, and the Free Port Act of 1766\u003cbr\u003e 7. Observations on a Late State of the Nation and the political economy of Anglo-American imperial relations\u003cbr\u003e 8. Anglo-Irish commercial relations, Two Letters on the Trade of Ireland, and the politics of free trade\u003cbr\u003e Part V. India: 9. Britain's East India Company, Indian markets, and monopoly: 10. Speech on Fox's India Bill, six mercantile principles, and the danger of political commerce\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. The French Revolution: 11. Reflections on the Revolution in France: property, the monied interest, and the assignats\u003cbr\u003e 12. The real rights of men, manners, and the limits of transactional exchange\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002192384280,"sku":"9781108489409","price":48.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108489409i.jpg?v=1696706583","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/commerce-and-manners-in-edmund-burkes-political-economy-hardback-9781108489409","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}