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The Rise of Merchant Empires

Long Distance Trade in the Early Modern World 1350–1750

James D Tracy editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:29th Oct '93

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This volume examines the rise of the many different trading empires from the end of the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.

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.

'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

ISBN: 9780521457354

Dimensions: 231mm x 155mm x 30mm

Weight: 680g

464 pages