The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long Distance Trade in the Early Modern World 1350–1750

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511563089

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.’

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Preface
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Maps
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Introduction
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- By James D. Tracy, University of Minnesota
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2 - The growth and composition of trade in the Iberian empires, 1450–1750
pp 34-101
- By Carla Rahn Phillips
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3 - The growth and composition of the long-distance trade of England and the Dutch Republic before 1750
pp 102-152
- By Niels Steensgaard
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4 - France, the Antilles, and Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: renewals of foreign trade
pp 153-173
- By Paul Butel
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5 - Productivity, profitability, and costs of private and corporate Dutch ship owning in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
pp 174-194
- By Jaap R. Bruijn
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6 - The Dutch and English East India companies compared: evidence from the stock and foreign exchange markets
pp 195-223
- By Larry Neal
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7 - World bullion flows, 1450–1800
pp 224-254
- By Ward Barrett
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8 - Merchant communities, 1350–1750
pp 255-286
- By Frédéric Mauro
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9 - Economic aspects of the eighteenth-century Atlantic slave trade
pp 287-310
- By Herbert S. Klein
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10 - Marginalization, stagnation, and growth: the trans-Saharan caravan trade in the era of European expansion, 1500–1900
pp 311-350
- By Ralph A. Austen
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11 - The “decline” of the central Asian caravan trade
pp 351-370
- By Morris Rossabi
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12 - Merchant communities in precolonial India
pp 371-399
- By Irfan Habib
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13 - Merchants without empire: the Hokkien sojourning communities
pp 400-422
- By Wang Gungwu
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Preface
pp vii-ix

Maps
pp x-xviii

Introduction
pp 1-13

1 - Structural changes in European long-distance trade, and particularly in the re-export trade from south to north, 1350–1750
pp 14-33

2 - The growth and composition of trade in the Iberian empires, 1450–1750
pp 34-101

3 - The growth and composition of the long-distance trade of England and the Dutch Republic before 1750
pp 102-152

4 - France, the Antilles, and Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: renewals of foreign trade
pp 153-173

5 - Productivity, profitability, and costs of private and corporate Dutch ship owning in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
pp 174-194

6 - The Dutch and English East India companies compared: evidence from the stock and foreign exchange markets
pp 195-223

7 - World bullion flows, 1450–1800
pp 224-254

8 - Merchant communities, 1350–1750
pp 255-286

9 - Economic aspects of the eighteenth-century Atlantic slave trade
pp 287-310

10 - Marginalization, stagnation, and growth: the trans-Saharan caravan trade in the era of European expansion, 1500–1900
pp 311-350

11 - The “decline” of the central Asian caravan trade
pp 351-370

12 - Merchant communities in precolonial India
pp 371-399

13 - Merchants without empire: the Hokkien sojourning communities
pp 400-422

Index
pp 423-442

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