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Book Title: Translating Empire: Emulation and the Origins of Political Economy Book Author: Sophus A. Reinert (Author) Hardcover: 456 pages Publisher: Harvard University Press (November 16, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0674061519 ISBN-13: 978-0674061514 Book Description Publication Date: November 16, 2011 Historians have traditionally turned to free trade and laissez faire to explain the development of political economy during the Enlightenment. Reinert argues that economic emulation was the prism through which philosophers, ministers, reformers, and merchants thought about imperialism, economics, industry, and reform in the early modern period.  Reviews It is rare to read a work of such originality and creativity, as well as breadth of ambition: With Reinert's evidence in hand, the entire history of economic thought and the origins of imperial industrialism will have to be reconsidered. (Jacob Soll, Rutgers University) Translating Empire convincingly argues that the development of eighteenth-century political economy must be understood in the context of the often brutal rivalries unfolding in Europe and its colonial peripheries. It is a welcome antidote to the historical literature that has used the discourse of free trade to explain Enlightenment-era political economy. (Paul Cheney, University of Chicago) About the Author Sophus A. Reinert is Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Sharing Widget |