Commerce and Politics in Hume's History of England

by Jia Wei

David Hume's six-volume History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 (1754-61) is probably his most important work as a constitutional historian and political theorist. Jia Wei's book shows that the History can be understood in two ways: firstly, as Hume's own narrative of England's state formation, and secondly, as his answer to the question of how eighteenth-century Britain could cope with the challenges of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783271876
• ISBN13: 9781783271870
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"