The Political economy of merchant empires
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The Political economy of merchant empires
（Studies in comparative early modern history）
Cambridge University Press, 1991
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The Political economy of merchant empires : state power and world trade, 1350-1750
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Essays originally prepared for a conference on The rise of merchant empires, organized by the Center for Early Modern History, Oct. 1987
Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-483) and index
Later printings have subtitle on cover
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The Political Economy of Merchant Empires focuses on why European concerns eventually achieved dominance in global trade in the period between 1450 and 1750, at the expense, especially in Asia, of well-organised and well-financed rivals. The volume is a companion to The Rise of Merchant Empires, also edited by James Tracy, which dealt with changes in the growth and composition of long-distance trade during the same period.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction James D. Tracy
- 1. Institutions, transaction costs and the rise of merchant empires Douglass C. North
- 2. Merchants and states M. N. Pearson
- 3. The rise of merchant empires, 1400-1700: a European counterpoint Thomas A. Brady Jr
- 4. Europe and the wider world, 1500-1700: the military balance Geoffrey Parker
- 5. The pirate and the emperor: power and the law on the seas, 1450-1850 Anne Perotin-Dumon
- 6. Transport costs and long-range trade, 1300-1800: was there a European 'transport revolution' in the early modern era? Russell R. Menard
- 7. Transaction costs: a note on merchant credit and the organization of private trade Jacob M. Price
- 8. Evolution of empire: the Portuguese in the Indian ocean during the sixteenth century Sanjay Subrahmanyam and Luis Felipe F. R. Thomaz
- 9. Comparing the Tokagawa Shogunate with Hapsburg Spain: two silver-based empires in a global setting Dennis O. Flynn
- 10. Colonies as mercantile investments: the Luso-Brazilian empire, 1500-1808 Jose Jobson de Andrade Arruda
- 11. Reflections on the organizing principle of pre-modern trade K. N. Chaudhuri
- Selected bibliography of secondary works
- Index.
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