The Rise of Commercial Empires: England and the Netherlands in the Age of Mercantilism, 1650 1770 Contributor(s): Ormrod, David (Author), David, Ormrod (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521048648 ISBN-13: 9780521048644 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $58.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2008 Annotation: This analysis of a crucial transformation in the history of world trade reveals how London and its surroundings grew during the eighteenth century to become the first true entrepot. The city developed a new kind of commercial structure sharply distinct from that of Holland and Amsterdam during the seventeenth century. |
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BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - Business & Economics | International - General |
Dewey: 382.094 |
Series: Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History |
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6" W x 9" (1.35 lbs) 420 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Ormrod, David: - David Ormrod is Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Kent at Canterbury, and a leading authority on British and Dutch commercial history in the early modern period. |