Rethinking the Politics of Commercial Society: The Edinburgh Review 1802-1832

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Rethinking the Politics of Commercial Society: The Edinburgh Review 1802-1832
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Biancamaria Fontana
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:268
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreSocial and political philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780521069564
ClassificationsDewey:320.512094109034 330.0941
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 31 July 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book explores the sources of modern British liberalism through a study of the Edinburgh Review, the most influential and controversial early nineteenth-century British periodical. Founded by a group of young Scottish intellectuals in 1802, the Review served as a principal channel through which the ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment gained wider currency, and did much to popularize the doctrines of economic and political reform. As Dr Fontana shows in this lucid and keen analysis, the first thirty years in the life of the Review clearly display the new social and economic problems confronting European society in the aftermath of the French Revolution.