The Rise of Commercial Empires: England and the Netherlands in the Age of Mercantilism, 1650 1770

ISBN-13: 9780521048644 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 420 str.

David Ormrod

Opis

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.