Free Trade and Its Enemies in France, 18141851

The first full examination of the 'protectionist turn' of French liberalism in the early stages of nineteenth-century globalisation.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The reactionary political economy of the Bourbon Restoration; 2. Economists, winegrowers and the dissemination of commercial liberalism; 3. Completing the revolution: political and commercial liberty after 1830; 4. Inventing economic nationalism; 5. The contours of the national economy; 6. The Englishness of free trade and the consolidation of protectionist dominance; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

David Todd is a Lecturer in World History in the Department of History at King's College London.

Summary

In the aftermath of the French Revolution, advocates of protection against foreign competition prevailed in a fierce controversy over international trade. They succeeded by portraying free trade as a British ideology and French free traders as traitors. This groundbreaking study is the first to examine this 'protectionist turn' in full.

Product details

• Authors: David Todd, David (King's College London) Todd, David (King''s College London) Todd
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9781107036932
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03693-2
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Ideas in Context; Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries