Introduction; 1. The reactionary political economy of the Bourbon Restoration; 2. Economists, winegrowers and the dissemination of commercial liberalism; 3. Completing the revolution: political and commercial liberty after 1830; 4. Inventing economic nationalism; 5. The contours of the national economy; 6. The Englishness of free trade and the consolidation of protectionist dominance; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
The first full examination of the 'protectionist turn' of French liberalism in the early stages of nineteenth-century globalisation.
David Todd is a Lecturer in World History in the Department of History at King's College London.
'Reading David Todd's excellent well-researched monograph, I found
it simply impossible not to think of the astonishing parallels
between Anglo-French debates on free trade in the early decades of
the nineteenth century and today's increasingly pressing arguments
about possible British exit from the EU and France's parlous recent
economic performance … Todd's concluding remarks give us much to
think about. Protectionism after 1870, he suggests, contributed to
the enduring stability of the Third Republic and arguably remained
a force of stability in French society until its abandonment in the
1980s. Todd's contribution to the 'intellectual history of
globalization' makes us realize that these issues are not about to
go away.' Jeremy Jennings, H-France Forum
'This is not a book of economic history but rather a history of
economic ideas and political economy, namely, the debates that took
place in France on international trade between 1814 and 1851 … This
book is important insofar it shows a return to political economy in
historical context without the abstractions and a-historical
analyses of mainstream economic history.' Alessandro Stanziani,
H-France Forum
'Using a wide range of archival and printed primary sources in
English, French and German, Todd provides the reader with an
exhaustive analysis of the economic debates within France and
stresses their connection with the globalizing economy of the
nineteenth century.' Christopher Guyver, European History Quarterly
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