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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.



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Thomas Apolte— Historical and Theoretical Groundings— Male Protagonists of Trade and Industry: Of Businessmen and Entrepreneurs —Female Protagonists of Production —Economic Protagonists of both sexes—Robinsonades—Protagonists of Agriculture and the Influence of Physiocracy—The Literary Liberalism of the Bourgeoise .

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    A Hardback by Christian von Tschilschke, Beatrice Schuchardt, Christian von Tschilschke

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: 29/08/2022
      ISBN13: 9783631880579, 978-3631880579
      ISBN10: 363188057X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      Table of Contents

      Thomas Apolte— Historical and Theoretical Groundings— Male Protagonists of Trade and Industry: Of Businessmen and Entrepreneurs —Female Protagonists of Production —Economic Protagonists of both sexes—Robinsonades—Protagonists of Agriculture and the Influence of Physiocracy—The Literary Liberalism of the Bourgeoise .

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