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Travel, Travel Writing, and British Political Economy: “Instructions for Travellers,” circa 1750–1850 book cover

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Travel, Travel Writing, and British Political Economy “Instructions for Travellers,” circa 1750–1850

By Brian P. Cooper Copyright 2022
374 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

374 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

374 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The book draws on the history of economics, literary theory, and the history of science to explore how European travelers like Alexander von Humboldt and their readers, circa 1750–1850, adapted the work of British political economists, such as Adam Smith, to help organize their observations, and, in turn, how political economists used travelers’ observations in their own analyses. Cooper... Read more
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Biography

Brian P. Cooper is an independent scholar whose research explores the boundaries of economics past and present. His publications include Family Fictions and Family Facts: Harriet Martineau, Adolphe Quetelet, and the Population Question in England, 1798–1859 (2007), and "Social Classifications, Social Statistics and the ‘Facts’ of ‘Difference’ in Economics", in Toward a Feminist Philosophy of Economics (2003).

"Brian Cooper unearths the hitherto neglected connections between economics and travel writing to successfully shed fresh light on each of these arenas. The book is an important addition to our knowledge of the history of political economy"

Robert J. Mayhew, Dept. of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK
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