The Coming of Age of Political Economy, 1815-1825. (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313256455)

The new Political Economy, which in 1815 captured the attention of a country exhausted by war and drained by economic crisis, was to have profound effects on British and, indeed, the Western world's economic and political life for more than a hundred years. Professor Langer's new study is the first to analyze fully the interplay of ideas, politics, and history in this crucial period of change. Rather than treating the theories of the classical political economists as a set of abstract formulations, the author looks at how they were actually applied to the political and moral problems of the day. He examines how the economists, their doctrines, and the ruling political alignments affected the course of history, particularly in the conflicts surrounding the Corn Law, the Poor Law, child labor, and the reform of the monetary system.

Author: Gary F. Langer
ISBN-10: 0313256454
ISBN-13: 9780313256455
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 06/04/1987
Pages: 242
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.74h x 6.14w x 0.90d