War, wine, and taxes : the political economy of Anglo-French trade, 1689-1900 / John V.C. Nye.
War, wine, and taxes : the political economy of Anglo-French trade, 1689-1900 / John V.C. Nye.
War, wine, and taxes : the political economy of Anglo-French trade, 1689-1900 / John V.C. Nye.
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Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2007.
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N382.45663/3
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English
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xvi, 174 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Problems of perspective : the myth of free trade Britain and fortress France -- The history of British economic policy -- The unbearable lightness of drink : assessing the effects of British tariffs on French wine -- The beginnings : trade and the struggle for European power in the late 1600s -- Cou...
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Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2007.
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New Jersey
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c2007.
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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 Frence and to respond to pressure from local brewers and others. The book reveals that Britain did not t...
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War, wine, and taxes : the political economy of Anglo-French trade, 1689-1900 / John V.C. Nye.
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The Princeton economic history of the western world.
The Princeton economic history of the western world.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-165) and index.
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c2007.
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N382.45663/3
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0691129177 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
9780691129174 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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382.456632009440903
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991023279949702626
