War and Trade in Northern Seas: Anglo-Scandinavian economic relations in the mid-eighteenth century (Cambridge Studies in Economic History)

Kent, H. S. K.

ISBN 10: 0521085799 / ISBN 13: 9780521085793

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1973

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Publisher's hardback in very good condition: firm, square and tight with no snags or splits, just a trifle rubbed. Complete with original dustjacket: in decent shape, just slightly rubbed and moderately edge-worn. Contents sound and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in presentable condition.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: War and Trade in Northern Seas: Anglo-Scandinavian economic relations in the mid-eighteenth century (Cambridge Studies in Economic History)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1973
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521085799
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521085793
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Poids: 16 onces
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Synopsis

Uninterrupted economic relations between England and Scandinavia were of vital importance to the maintenance and extension of the British Empire in the eighteenth century.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Uninterrupted economic relations between England and Scandinavia were of vital importance to the maintenance and extension of the British Empire in the eighteenth century. Scandinavia supplied Britain with the timber to build her ships, with iron for ship-fittings, armaments and industry, and with smuggled tea at low prices to keep her people content. Scandinavia also furnished merchant fleets as neutral carriers for British goods during the Seven Years War, thus fundamentally assisting Britain's war effort. In addition she represented a small but lucrative market for Britain who was herself the largest single market for Sweden and Norway, and for the tea obtained from China by the Scandinavian East India Companies. In this study, Dr Kent examines the organization and extent of the legitimate and the smuggling trades, the effect of war and neutrality upon them, and the legal and diplomatic considerations which influenced economic enterprise and policies.