Trade and power : historical analysis of trade policy /
The aim of this book is to examine the relationship between international trade and political power in an appropriate historical and political context. The term "international trade" designates the exchange of goods between (relatively) distant regions but primarily between territories whi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Brno :
Masarykova Univerzita,
2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- CONTENT
- Introduction
- 1. INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND POWER -GOALS AND MEANS OF TRADE POLICYIN HIS TORICAL PERSPECTIVE
- 1.1. Goals and Means of Trade Policy during Antiquity, in Medieval Europe, and in Asia before European Expansion
- 1.2. European Trade: Italian Intermediation, Dutch Efficiency, Clash between England and the Hanseatic League over the Baltic, and the Expulsion of Italian States from the Mediterranean
- 1.3. Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, and British Intermediationof Asian Goods, and Trade Policies in Asia in the Wake of European Expansion
- 1.4. Transatlantic Trade: Territorial Empires in the New Worldand the Clash over Re-Exports
- 1.5. Mercantilist Wars: Confrontation over Trade in the Mediterranean and England's Wars against Holland and France
- 1.6. British Hegemony in the Nineteenth Century: Changes in Trade Patterns and Imperialism
- 1.7. The Inter-war Period: Discontinuity of the System?
- 1.8. US Hegemony and the Creation of a Free Trade Zone as Consequences of Historical Development
- 2. NATIONAL STATE EVOLUTION ANDINTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY
- 2.1. Resources Needed to Ensure the State's Survival and Connections to International Trade
- 2.2. Conflict Dynamics in International Relations and the Predominant Forms of Military Organization
- 2.3. Goals and Means of Trade Policy and their Role in the Evolution of Modern States
- 2.4. Types of Trade Policy and their Connection to Tilly's Thesis about the Evolution of the State: Types of State and Organization of Military Power
- 3. DISRUPTION OF TRADE FLOWS DUE TO MILITARY CONFLICTS IN MODERN TIMES: A SIGNIFICANT CAUSE FOR REDISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER
- 3.1. Changes Resulting from the Interruption of Trade and the Potential Impact on the Distribution of Power
- 3.2. The French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and the Anglo-American War of 1812
- 3.3. The First World War
- 3.4. The Second World War
- 3.5. Integration of Non-European Economies into the Current Trade System
- 4. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEMS AND THEIR CONNECTION TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- 4.1. The Road to the Creation of an InternationalMonetary System
- 4.2. Theoretical Possibilities for the Creation of anInternational Monetary System
- 4.3. International Money: Some Notes on the TechnicalAspects Connected with its Workings
- 4.4. The International Monetary System: The Institution andhow it Works
- Conclusion
- Literature
- About Authors
- Summary
- Index