Britain's Political Economies: Parliament and Economic Life, 1660–1800 (Cambridge, 2017)

BRITAN’S POLITICAL ECONOMIES: PARLIAMENT & ECONOMIC LIFE, 1660–1800
Title
Copyright: Hoppit, John (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017)
Contents
Figures
Tables
Maps
Map 4.1 Map of counties with more than 100 specific economic acts, 1660–1800.
Map 6.1 Map of the fen region
Map 9.1 Map of the regions used in analyzing the geography of taxation eighteenth-century Britain
Preface
Acknowledgements
A Note on Sources & Dates
Abbreviations
PART ONE: Contours
1. Introduction
Economic Hopes & Fears
The Nature & Limits of Political Power
From Whig History to the New Institutional Economics
Conclusion
2. The Legislative Revolution
Counting Legislation
Shouldering the Burdens of Legislative Business
Categories of Legislation
Why Acts?
Of Acts Few & Many
Conclusion
3. Legislating Economically
Counting Economic Legislation
Public Finance & External Trade Legislation
Understanding Public Finance & External Trade Legislation
Specific Economic Legislation
Conclusion
4. The Local, National, & Imperial
Economic Legislation in England, Scotland, & Wales
Local Economic Legislation
Managing Scotland’s Economy
Economic Legislation & Britain’s Empire
The Limits of Westminster
Conclusion
5. Information, Interests, & Political Economy
Informing Parliament
Petitions, Interest Groups, & Economic Legislation
Print & Political Economy
Conclusion
PART TWO: Cases
6. The Political Economy of the Fens
Counting Fen Legislation
The Finances of Fen Legislation
Clashing Interests
Claiming & Knowing
Conclusion
7. The Political Economy of Wool, 1660–1824
Establishing the System, 1660–1714
Unease & Inaction, 1714–1774
Challenges, Confrontations, & Consolidation, 1774–1788
The End of the Ban
Conclusion
8. The Political Economy of Bounties, 1689–1800
The Objectives & Origins of Bounties
Expenditure on Bounties
A Case Study of the Encouragement of Hemp & Flax Production
Conclusion
9. Refiguring the British Fiscal State,1680–1800
The Political Geography of Taxation
From Gross Receipts to Exchequer Receipts
Understanding the Geography of the British Fiscal State
Conclusion
10. Conclusion
Appendix 1: Legislation Subject Scheme
Appendix 2: Specific Economic Legislation by English & Scottish Counties, 1707–1800
Bibliography
Index