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World Hotels - The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long Distance Trade in the Early Modern World 1350-1750 (Studies in Comparative Early Modern History)
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Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 382.09
EAN: 9780521457354
ISBN: 0521457351
Label: Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: 1993-10-29
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Studio: Cambridge University Press
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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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Summary: Excellent economic history of 1350-1750.
Comment: Most of the chapters discuss European trading activities during the period, and the European colonies in the Americas. However, there are well-written chapters on Africa, India and China as well. All articles evidence extensive research.
This was the period during which European fleets bore soldiers to all parts of the earth.
They enforced the monopolies of the Dutch and English East India Companies, the Spanish treasure fleets from the New World, and the Portugese Asian trading posts.
They took slaves from Africa to the Americas. They took gold and silver from the Americas to Asia. They took sugar and tobacco from the Americas to Europe. They took tea, spices, jewels and cotton cloth from Asia to Africa and to Europe.
So broad an exposition has limited depth. One wishes sometimes for more detail than a book of such scope could possibly deliver. Recommended strongly for those who want a context for the events of world history between the middle ages and the industrial revolution.
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