War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1900
(Part of the Princeton Economic History of the Western World Series and The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Series)
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In War, Wine, and Taxes, John Nye debunks the myth that Britain was a free-trade nation during and after the industrial revolution, by revealing how the British used tariffs--notably on French wine--as a mercantilist tool to politically weaken France and to respond to pressure from local brewers and others. The book reveals that Britain did not transform smoothly from a mercantilist state in the eighteenth century to a bastion of free trade...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0691129177
ISBN13:9780691129174
Release Date:July 2007
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"
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