The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long Distance Trade in the Early Modern World 1350–1750 (Studies in Comparative Early Modern History) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521382106 ISBN 13: 9780521382106

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Synopsis

European dominance of the shipping lanes in the early modern period was a prelude to the great age of European imperial power in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Yet in the present age we can see that the pre-imperial age was in fact more an 'age of partnership' or an 'age of competition' when the West and Asia vied on even terms. The essays in this volume examine, on a global basis, the many different trading empires from the end of the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.

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'It provides an excellent starting point for those who seek to understand the economic relationship between Europe and the rest of the world and adds considerably to our understanding of long-distance trade in the early modern period.' Teaching History

Book Description:

Dominance of the shipping lanes in the early modern period was a prelude to the great age of European imperial power in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This volume examines the rise of the many different trading empires from the end of the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0521382106
• ISBN 13: 9780521382106
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 460
• Editor: Tracy James D.