TY - BOOK AU - Millar,Ashley Eva TI - A singular case: debating China's political economy in the European Enlightenment T2 - McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas U1 - 330.951 20 PY - 2017/// CY - Montreal PB - McGill-Queen's University Press KW - Ilustración KW - Europa KW - Historia económica KW - China KW - Condiciones económicas KW - Siglo XVIII N1 - Introduction : judging "schemes of oeconomy" -- 1. Travelling knowledge in the "discerning age" : ethnography and Enlightenment -- 2. "The most unscrupulous people on earth" : the paradox of China's commercial spirit -- 3. "Your beggarly commerce!" China and international trade --4. "The science of princes" : China's constitutional foundations -- 5. "Duties of the sovereign" : civil and military successes and failures -- 6. "Very ignorant reasoners" : China's science and technology -- Conclusion : prospects for the "stationary state." N2 - Introduction : judging "schemes of oeconomy"--Travelling knowledge in the "discerning age" : ethnography and Enlightenment -- "The most unscrupulous people on earth" : the paradox of China's commercial spirit -- "Your beggarly commerce!" China and international trade -- "The science of princes" : China's constitutional foundations -- "Duties of the sovereign" : civil and military successes and failures -- "Very ignorant reasoners" : China's science and technology -- Conclusion : prospects for the "stationary state." ER -