{"product_id":"economy-in-european-history-luigi-alonzi-9781350273337","title":"'Economy' in European History: Words, Contexts and Change over Time","description":"Prompted by the 'linguistic turn' of the late 20th century, intellectual and conceptual historians continue to devote a great deal of attention to the study of concepts in history. This innovative and interdisciplinary volume builds on such scholarship by providing a new history of the term 'economy'. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting from the Greek idea of the law of the household, Luigi Alonzi traces the different meanings assumed by the word 'economy' during the middle ages and early modern era, highlighting the semantic richness of the word and its uses in various political and cultural contexts. Notably, there is a particular focus on the so-called \u003ci\u003eOeconomica literature\u003c\/i\u003e, tracking the reception of works by Plato, Aristotle, the 'pseudo' Aristotle and Xenophon in the Italian and France Renaissance. This tradition was incredibly influential in civic humanism and in texts devoted to power and command and thus affected later debates on Natural Law and the development of new scientific disciplines in the 17th and 18th centuries. In exploring this, the analysis of the function of translations in the transmission and transformation of meanings becomes central.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Economy' in European History\u003c\/i\u003e shines much-needed light on an important challenge that many historians repeatedly face: the fact that words can, and do, change over time. It will thus be a vital resource for all scholars of early modern and European economic history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luigi Alonzi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350273333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350273337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Luigi Alonzi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44064359252223,"sku":"9781350273337","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc7f0e26-1be8-44af-a3e0-f57b04382884.jpg?v=1685395015","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/economy-in-european-history-luigi-alonzi-9781350273337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}