Friedrich List: The National System of Political Economy. 1842

Description: Item detailsThe national system of political economy. First volume (everything published): International trade, trade policy and the German customs union. Second completely unchanged edition. List, Friedrich: Stuttgart and Tübingen, Cotta, 1842. LXVIII (recte LXX), 589 pages. Olive green half-leather strap of the period with rich gilding on the back. Language: German Order number: 150472 Remarks: *Cf. to the first edition published in 1841: Kress C 5545. - Menger 85. - PMM 311. - Second edition (an unchanged cover edition of the first edition from the previous year). - As a "passionate champion of national unity", List campaigned, among other things, for the establishment of a German customs union and the expansion of the railway network. In opposition to Adam Smith's principle of free trade, he developed the theory of an economic-political system "based on the reciprocal action of free trade and controls, but which should always remain determined by the welfare of the state... These views coincided with the reawakening of German national consciousness, so that List's book caused a great stir when it was published. For seventy years, protective tariff advocates in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States used it as their gospel" (Carter/Muir). - Well-preserved and fairly clean copy in a very attractive contemporary half-leather binding. VAT)Free shipping within GermanyMore illustrationsTaken with whBOOKItem posted with the w+h GmbH eBay service Data and images powered by Book friend (2024-12-16)Stuttgart and Tübingen, Cotta, 1842. LXVIII (recte LXX), 589 pages. Olive green half-leather strap of the period with rich gilding on the back. Language: GermanOrder number: 150472Remarks: *Cf. to the first edition published in 1841: Kress C 5545. - Menger 85. - PMM 311. - Second edition (an unchanged cover edition of the first edition from the previous year). - As a "passionate champion of national unity", List campaigned, among other things, for the establishment of a German customs union and the expansion of the railway network. In opposition to Adam Smith's principle of free trade, he developed the theory of an economic-political system "based on the reciprocal action of free trade and controls, but which should always remain determined by the welfare of the state... These views coinci

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