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John V. C. Nye
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction xiii
- CHAPTER 1. Problems of Perspective: The Myth of Free Trade Britain and Fortress France 1
- CHAPTER 2. The History of British Economic Policy 20
- CHAPTER 3. The Unbearable Lightness of Drink: Assessing the Effects of British Tariffs on French Wine 32
- CHAPTER 4. The Beginnings: Trade and the Struggle for European Power in the Late 1600s 44
- CHAPTER 5. Counterfactuals or What If? 60
- CHAPTER 6. Wine, Beer, and Money: The Political Economy of Brewing and Eighteenth-Century British Fiscal Policy 68
- CHAPTER 7. The Political Economy of Nineteenth-Century Trade 89
- CHAPTER 8. Trade and Taxes in Retrospect: Were British Fiscal Exceptionalism and Economic Success Linked? 110
- APPENDIX Modeling the Effects of British and French Tariffs on National Income 121
- Notes 145
- References 159
- Index 167
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction xiii
- CHAPTER 1. Problems of Perspective: The Myth of Free Trade Britain and Fortress France 1
- CHAPTER 2. The History of British Economic Policy 20
- CHAPTER 3. The Unbearable Lightness of Drink: Assessing the Effects of British Tariffs on French Wine 32
- CHAPTER 4. The Beginnings: Trade and the Struggle for European Power in the Late 1600s 44
- CHAPTER 5. Counterfactuals or What If? 60
- CHAPTER 6. Wine, Beer, and Money: The Political Economy of Brewing and Eighteenth-Century British Fiscal Policy 68
- CHAPTER 7. The Political Economy of Nineteenth-Century Trade 89
- CHAPTER 8. Trade and Taxes in Retrospect: Were British Fiscal Exceptionalism and Economic Success Linked? 110
- APPENDIX Modeling the Effects of British and French Tariffs on National Income 121
- Notes 145
- References 159
- Index 167
