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Protagonists of Production in Preindustrial European Literature (1700-1800)

Male and Female Entrepreneurs, Craftspeople, and Workers

Christian Von Tschilschke editor Beatrice Schuchardt editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:29th Aug '22

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What form did the portrayal of business owners, entrepreneurs, peasants, craftspeople and similar ‘protagonists of production’ take before it became the subject of negative assessments in the epoch of industrialization? Focusing on the European Enlightenment movement with a special emphasis on Spain, this volume sheds light on how both male and female figures working in production are represented by novels, plays, economic tracts and in the press. Literary scholars, historians, and economists analyse how those portrayals are related to the history of economic thought, 18th-century economic discourse, and enlightened Political Economy. With an epilogue by Deirdre McCloskey.

ISBN: 9783631880579

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 549g

372 pages

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