Trade and empire

Guillaume Daudin , Leandro Prados de La Escosura (1)

1 Department d'histoire économique et des institutions

This paper surveys the rise and fall of the European mercantilist system, and the transition to the modern, well-integrated international economy of the 19th century. It also surveys the literature on the links between trade and economic growth during the period, and on the economic effects of empire.

Domains: Economics and Finance; History

Guillaume Daudin, Leandro Prados de La Escosura. Trade and empire. Stephen Broadberry. The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe. Vol.1: 1700-1870, Cambridge University Press, pp.96 - 121, 2010, 9780521708388. ⟨hal-03397593⟩