The Power of Commerce : Economy and Governance in the First British Empire /

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What price do states pay for becoming and remaining world powers? Why did the first greatly expanded British Empire collapse so rapidly? Nancy F. Koehn here recounts the urgent challenges that confronted the British in the ten-year period following their overwhelming victory in the Seven Years War.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Koehn, Nancy F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Mercantile system > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
England.
History.
Military History.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • ONE. The Economics of War and the Politics of Peace
  • TWO. The Landscape of Economic Change
  • THREE. Managing the "Great Machine of Trade"
  • FOUR. The Political Configurations of Dominion
  • FIVE. The Ambivalence of Empire
  • SIX. Extending Commerce and Improving Revenue
  • Afterword
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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