The Political Economy of Merchant Empires
Subtitle: State Power and World Trade, 13501750 (Studies in Comparative Early Modern History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 25, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780521410465
Subjects: Economic history; International Trade; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Merchants; History: World; Business / Economics / Finance; Renaissance; International - General; Business & Economics / International; History / Renaissance; History-Renaissance; International trade--History--Congresses; History; Congresses; Shipping
First sentence: THE central purpose of this volume is to explore the role that merchant empires played in the evolution of Europe, from its position as a relatively backward part of the world to its preeminence in 1750.