‘A judicious and industrious compiler’: Mapping Postlethwayt's Dictionary of Commerce

IF 0.6 3区经济学 Q4 ECONOMICS

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought Pub Date : 2017-11-02 DOI:10.1080/09672567.2017.1388419

Richard van den Berg

引用次数: 3

Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper takes as its guide the largest compilation of commercial knowledge of the mid-eighteenth century in the English language, Malachy Postlethwayt's Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce (1751–1755). Using network analysis, the many cross-references between entries in this work allow one to identify clusters of themes and literatures within the mass of materials. Pictures are presented that can be interpreted as ‘mind maps’ grouping the commercial literature by various topics and themes. The paper then focuses on one novel aspect of Postlethwayt's work, i.e., his inclusion besides entries on ‘practical’ topics of ‘political’ discussions, and identifies his sources.

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“一个明智而勤奋的编译者”:Mapping Postlethwayt的商业词典

本文以马拉奇·波斯特莱斯韦特(Malachy Postlethwayt)的《贸易与商业通用词典》(1751-1755)为指导，这是18世纪中期英语中最大的商业知识汇编。使用网络分析，本作品中条目之间的许多交叉引用允许人们在大量材料中识别主题和文献的集群。呈现的图片可以被解释为“思维导图”，根据不同的主题和主题将商业文献分组。然后，本文将重点放在Postlethwayt作品的一个新颖方面，即他在“政治”讨论的“实用”主题之外的条目，并确定了他的来源。

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European Journal of the History of Economic Thought Multiple-

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