CREATING A WORLD ECONOMY : merchant capital, colonialism, and world trade 1400-1825.: merchant capital, colonialism, and world trade 1400-1825. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Smith, Alan K
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE WIDER WORLD; The Agricultural Base; Material Progress in the Wider World; Aborted Growth; Conclusion; 3 MEDIEVAL EUROPE; The Antecedents; Stability, Growth, and Catastrophe; Renewed Growth; Toward Modernity; Conclusion; 4 OVERSEAS EXPANSION AND DECLINE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN; Medieval Iberia; Expansion; Decline in the Mediterranean; Conclusion; 5 EUROPE IN TRANSITION: CAPITALISM; Before the Dutch Golden Age; The Golden Age; England in Transition; The Struggle for Control of England; 6 PERIPHERIES IN THE WORLD ECONOMY Eastern EuropeThe Plantation Economies; Fueling the Plantation Economy; Conclusion; 7 DEPENDENCIES IN THE WORLD ECONOMY; Ireland; Transition in Spanish America; The North American Mainland; Conclusion; 8 THE COLONIAL POWERS AND THE WORLD ECONOMY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; England and World Trade; Colonial Europe Tries to Narrow the Gap; Rivalry; Conclusion; 9 REVOLUTION; Challenging the Old Order; The Industrial Revolution in Britain; Conclusion; 10 RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT; Retrospect; Prospect; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; About the Book and Author; Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : ROUTLEDGE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume.)
• Subjects: 382.09; Commerce -- History; International trade -- History; Economic history; Capitalism -- History; Colonies -- History; HISTORY / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429033810; 0429033818; 9780429690419; 9780429710421; 0429710429; 9780429730436; 0429730438
• Related ISBNs: 042969041X; 0367003953; 9780367003951
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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