The Economy versus the People in Eighteenth-Century England
When did discussions of “the economy” begin, and why? William Cavert takes us to 18th-century England to explore the "improvement" literature of the time.
What Makes a Project Good or Bad? Lessons from Early Eighteenth-Century Germany
Anyone who has ever written an academic project proposal will recognise the demands in this early 18th-century German work, writes Kelly J. Whitmer.
Extraction with Restraint: Data Practices in Eighteenth-Century Mining
Holding back for future gain: How archives and bureaucracy aided “sustainable” investment strategies in Amsterdam and Saxony.
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