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Livorno and the Science of Commerce in Enlightenment Tuscany
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Chapter 7 shows how commercial crisis in Livorno, combined with debates over its distinctive institutions and problematic role in the policy process, helped introduce scientific political economy to Tuscany. The strength of foreigners in Livorno and the city’s inability to promote Tuscan industry convinced elites of the need for an economic strategy focused on domestic agriculture and industry, marking a sharp turn in the direction of political economy in the grand duchy. In the course of struggle between Livorno and the central government, Livorno succeeded in defending its status as an enclave of free trade while nonetheless regularizing relationships between merchants and officials through the application of abstract norms of governance.
Title: Livorno and the Science of Commerce in Enlightenment Tuscany
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Chapter 7 shows how commercial crisis in Livorno, combined with debates over its distinctive institutions and problematic role in the policy process, helped introduce scientific political economy to Tuscany.
The strength of foreigners in Livorno and the city’s inability to promote Tuscan industry convinced elites of the need for an economic strategy focused on domestic agriculture and industry, marking a sharp turn in the direction of political economy in the grand duchy.
In the course of struggle between Livorno and the central government, Livorno succeeded in defending its status as an enclave of free trade while nonetheless regularizing relationships between merchants and officials through the application of abstract norms of governance.
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