TY - CHAP AB - The period from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century is commonly associated both with the rise of the European nation state and with the beginning of economics. Samuel Clark's concern is only with the rise of the nation state, but is potentially important for understanding the early work on economics as this has often been linked with the rise of nation states. He approaches the problem through a comparative study of the British Isles and France during this period, though with frequent reference to earlier centuries. Even with such a restricted geographical spread, he argues that there was significant diversity in the process. VL - 26 Part 1 SN - 978-1-84663-904-3, 978-1-84663-905-0/0743-4154 DO - 10.1016/S0743-4154(08)26006-2 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0743-4154(08)26006-2 AU - Backhouse Roger E. ED - Warren J. Samuels ED - Jeff E. Biddle ED - Ross B. Emmett PY - 2008 Y1 - 2008/01/01 TI - State and Status The complexity of powerclark's T2 - A Research Annual T3 - Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 63 EP - 68 Y2 - 2024/04/20 ER -