Böcker av Lars Magnusson

An investigation of the invention of 'Free Trade vs Protectionism' debate in the 19th century and a look at the later interpretations of the ideas of Smith and Ricardo, and the classical economists by writers in Britain, Sweden and America.

The industrial revolution and the creation of the modern (national) state are two of the main historical processes to have occurred during the nineteenth century. This book demonstrates that industrial transformation was very much connected to state and military interests and was bolstered by elite groups who served such interests.

Presenting the history of three major cutlery districts in Western Europe, this study is a resource for research on industrial development in 19th century Europe. It challenges the flexible specialisation thesis and argues that growing businesses had to develop competitive strategies for control over important resources.

'England is a nation of shopkeepers'. Long before Napolean disdainfully paraphrased Adam Smith, British commerce had become a motor for economic growth and increased state power. This four-volume facsimile edition brings together a range of rare seventeenth- and eighteenth-century documents about the mercantile system.

This four-volume set provides a collection of materials relating to the major debates about external trade in the 19th century. It represents a range of opinions, and combines materials by leading figures, as well as some rare but representative pieces from less well-known names.

This set is the most important and authoritative collection of mercantilist writings to date. In all some 26 texts are reproduced in their entirety and the collection is supplemented by a substantial introduction.