English mercantilist influences on the foundation of the Portuguese School of Commerce in 1759

English mercantilist influences on the foundation of the Portuguese School of Commerce in 1759

Lúcia Lima Rodrigues

Russell Craig

2004-12

en

Journal Article

Lúcia Lima Rodrigues

Russell Craig

Journal Article

10.1007/BF02304238

0197-4254, 1573-9678

The Portuguese School of Commerce, founded in 1759, is promoted frequently as the world's first official, government-sponsored school to offer formal instruction in commerce. This paper contends that Sebastião Carvalho e Melo (1699–1782), the Marquis of Pombal, was responsible for the transfer, from England to Portugal, of the educational “know how” instrumental to the School's success. Pombal was influenced by the English mercantilism he observed as the Portuguese ambassador to England (1738–43), particularly proposals by a writer on mercantilism, Malachy Postlethwayt, for academy-based commercial education in England. Another influence on Pombal was former East India Company employee, John Cleland. Pombal's motives were to imitate the success of British mercantilism, develop trade and economic activity in Portugal, and improve and expand Portugal's merchant class.

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2004-12

4

Atlantic Economic Journal

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329-345

Atlantic Economic Journal

English mercantilist influences on the foundation of the Portuguese School of Commerce in 1759

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02304238

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