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Julian Hoppit, Britain's Political Economies: Parliament and Economic Life, 1660 - 1800 (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2017).
The Glorious Revolution of 1688-9 transformed the role of parliament in Britain and its empire. Large numbers of statutes resulted, with most concerning economic activity. Julian Hoppit here provides the first comprehensive account of these acts, revealing how government affected economic life in this critical period prior to the Industrial Revolution, and how economic interests across Britain used legislative authority for their own benefit.