Rise of Merchant Empires : Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1350-1750

Tracy, James D. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0521457351 / ISBN 13: 9780521457354

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rise of Merchant Empires : Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1350-1750
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521457351
• ISBN 13: 9780521457354
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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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.

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 19th and early 20th centuries. This volume examines the rise of the many different trading empires from the end of the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.