War, Wine, and Taxes - The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 16891900

Zusatztext "Nye has performed a useful service by providing an accurate portrayal of the true state of the trade policy of the British government, a policy that was often at odds with the free-trade claims of thinkers and politicians." ---K. Steven Vincent, European Legacy Informationen zum Autor John V. C. Nye is Professor of Economics and History at Washington University in St. Louis. From the Fall of 2007, he will be Professor of Economics at George Mason University and will occupy the Frederic Bastiat Chair in Political Economy at the Mercatus Center. Zusammenfassung Aims to debunk the myth that Britain was a free-trade nation during and after the industrial revolution, by revealing how the British used tariffs as a mercantilist tool to politically weaken France. This book shows that Britain did not transform smoothly from a mercantilist state in the 18th century to a bastion of free trade in the late 19th.

Product details

• Authors: John V. C. Mokyr, John Nye, John V. C. Nye, John V.C. Nye
• Assisted by: Joel Mokyr (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.07.2007
• EAN: 9780691129174
• ISBN: 978-0-691-12917-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Princeton Economic History of the Western World; Princeton Economic History of; The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; France, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United Kingdom, Great Britain, British Isles, International Trade, C 1700 To C 1800, International trade and commerce