Cameralism in Practice: State Administration and Economy in Early Modern Europe

by Marten Seppel and Keith Tribe

The first book that acknowledges cameralism as a European rather than just a German historical phenomenon.

This book discusses the impact of cameralism on the practices of governance, early modern state-building and economy in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. It argues that the cameralist conception of state and economy - aform of 'science' of government dedicated to reforming society while promoting economic development, and often...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783272287
• ISBN13: 9781783272280
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"