War and Trade in Northern Seas - Anglo-Scandinavian Economic Relations in the Mid-Eighteenth Century

Klappentext Uninterrupted economic relations between England and Scandinavia were of vital importance to the maintenance and extension of the British Empire in the eighteenth century. Zusammenfassung Uninterrupted economic relations between England and Scandinavia were of vital importance to the maintenance and extension of the British Empire in the eighteenth century. Scandinavia supplied Britain with the timber to build her ships! with iron for ship-fittings! armaments and industry! and with smuggled tea at low prices to keep her people content. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Mercantilist Policies and Anglo-Scandinavian Trade; 2. The Organization of Trade; 3. The Timber-Trade; 4. The Iron-Trade; 5. Miscellaneous Imports from Scandinavia; 6. The Export Trade; 7. Tea-Smuggling and the Balance of Trade; 8. The First Armed Neutrality: Anglo-Scandinavian Disputes over Neutral Rights; 9. Trade and Diplomacy.

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• Authors: H. S. K. Kent, H. S. K. (University of Adelaide) Kent, H.s.k. Kent
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521085625
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08562-5
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic; Cambridge Studies in Economic History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; England, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, C 1700 To C 1800