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Some other works that didn’t make it into this paper but may be of interest:

State Formation, Geography, and a Gentleman’s Education, Jonathan M. Smith, Geographical Review, Vol. 86, No. 1. (Jan., 1996), pp. 91-100.

The Age of Mercantilism: An Interpretation of the American Political Economy, 1763 to 1828, William Appleman Williams, The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., Vol. 15, No. 4. (Oct., 1958), pp. 419-437.

Schachtian Mercantilist, I. Momtchiloff, The Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 2, No. 3. (Aug., 1954), pp. 165-173.

The Other Face of Mercantilism, Charles Wilson, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 5th Ser., Vol. 9. (1959), pp. 81-101.

The Discoveries and Mercantilism: An Essay in History and Theory, H. Dales, The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science / Revue canadienne d’Economique et de Science politique, Vol. 21, No. 2. (May, 1955), pp. 141-153.

**’Mercantilism’: Some Vicissitudes of an Idea, Charles Wilson, The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 10, No. 2. (1957), pp. 181-188.

The Political Background to English Mercantilism, 1695-1700, F. Kearney, The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 11, No. 3. (1959), pp. 484-496.

The Role of Merchant Wholesalers in Industrial Agglomeration Formation, Amy Glasmeier, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 80, No. 3. (Sep., 1990), pp. 394-417.

State Power and the Structure of International Trade, Stephen D. Krasner, World Politics, Vol. 28, No. 3. (Apr., 1976), pp. 317-347.

The Idea of a Mercantile State, V. Judges, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 4th Ser., Vol. 21. (1939), pp. 41-69.

Power Versus Plenty as Objectives of Foreign Policy in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Jacob Viner, World Politics, Vol. 1, No. 1. (Oct., 1948), pp. 1-29.

Spanish Mercantilism: A Hardy Perennial, Robert S. Smith, Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1. (Jul., 1971), pp. 1-11.

The Concept of Bureaucracy in Cameralism, Hubert C. Johnson, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 79, No. 3. (Sep., 1964), pp. 378-402.

Cameralism and the Science of Government, Keith Tribe, The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 56, No. 2. (Jun., 1984), pp. 263-284.

What is Dry Exchange? A Contribution to the Study of English Mercantilism, Raymond de Roover, The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 52, No. 3. (Sep., 1944), pp. 250-266.

Heckscher on Mercantilism, Herbert Heaton, The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 45, No. 3. (Jun., 1937), pp. 370-393.

Heckscher, Mercantilism, F. Haley, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 50, No. 2. (Feb., 1936), pp. 347-354.

Economic Theory and Economic History in Great Britain, 1650-1776, Review author[s]: Mark Blaug, Past and Present, No. 28. (Jul., 1964), pp. 111-116.

La fortune du colbertisme: Etat et industrie dans la France des lumieres, Philippe Minard, Review author[s]: Michael Sonenscher, The American Historical Review, Vol. 105, No. 3. (Jun., 2000), p. 1019.

La fortune du colbertisme: État et industrie dans la France des Lumières, Philippe Minard, Review author[s]: John Shovlin, The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 72, No. 1, New Work on the Old Regime and the French Revolution: A Special Issue in Honor of Francois Furet. (Mar., 2000), pp. 223-225

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