The size of a country's population became a political topic only during the Early Modern Age. Around the year 1600 political theorists in Germany began to expound on an idea that stemmed originally from Italy, namely, that the state must pay attention to the development patterns of its own population. This call for an expansive population policy was thus sounded even before the devastations of the 30-Year War and became established outside of learned circles in the course of the 17th century. It formed the basis of what came to be kwn as cameralism. Finally, this movement developed into the populationism of the 18th century, which advocated increasing the size of the population at all costs and measured the success of all politics in the demographic ramifications. In this work Justus Nipperdey reflects for the first time on the rise of this concept of population politics in 16th-century Italy, the adoption thereof by political theorists in other parts of Europe and its transition from learned Latin political works to German treatises.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Vandehoeck & Rupprecht
ISBN-10
352510118x
ISBN-13
9783525101186
eBay Product ID (ePID)
188947757
Product Key Features
Author
Justus Nipperdey
Format
Sewn,Cloth over Boards, Hardback
Language
German
Subject
Regional History
Type
Textbook
Additional Product Features
Series Part/Volume Number
229
Series Title
Veroffentlichungen Des Instituts Fur Europaische Geschichte