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Author Wei, Jia, author.

Title Commerce and politics in Hume's History of England / Jia Wei
Published Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : Boydell Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Series Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history ; volume 27
Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history ; v. 27.
Contents Frontcover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I; 1. Commerce as an 'Affair of State'; 2. The Civilised Monarchy under the Tudors; Part II; 3. The Paradox of the Constitution; 4. Maritime Trade as the Pivot of Foreign Policy; 5. Public Liberty in Jeopardy; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary Illuminates the relationship between Hume the political thinker, Hume the historian, and Hume the political economist and highlights the social, economic and institutional changes which he wove into an innovative theory of causation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed on February 5, 2019)
Subject Hume, David, 1711-1776. History of England
SUBJECT History of England (Hume, David) fast
Subject PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781782049388
178204938X