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Trade and empire in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world / by Andrew Hamilton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamilton, Andrew (Andrew J.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Free enterprise--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Free enterprise.
- Free enterprise--United States--History--18th century.
- Great Britain--Commerce--United States.
- Great Britain.
- United States--Commerce--Great Britain.
- United States.
- Great Britain--Commerce--History--18th century.
- United States--Commerce--History--18th century.
- Genre:
- Libros electrónicos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Free trade has become a highly politicized term, but its origins, historical context, and application to policy decisions have been largely overlooked. This book examines the relationship between liberal political economy and the changing conception of empire in the eighteenth century, investigating how the doctrine of laissez-faire economics influenced politicians charged with restructuring the transatlantic relationship between Britain and the newly independent America. As prime minister du...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-165) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-04320-X
- 9786612043208
- 1-4438-0282-4
- OCLC:
- 830167666
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