Author: Rothermund, Dietmar
Title: Asian Trade & European Expansion in The Age of Mercantilism
Description: New Delhi, Manohar Publications, 1981. orig. cloth, dustwrapper. 22x14cm, xii,170 pages, A smudge to half-title.. Textual graphs & tables. Slight corner bump, faint cover stains, Good. ¶ Contents: Mercantilism: A Period & a Pattern of Thought; Pedlars, Patricians & Princes: Trade & Uses of Power; The Venetian Weir-Basket: A Model of Guarded Trade; Maritime Protection Rent: The Portuguese System; The Dutch: Monopoly Control & the Freedom of the Seas; The British: International Competition & An Expanding Home Market; The Changing Pattern of Commodities: Pepper, Textiles, Tea; The British Mercantilist Debate: The Qualitative & Quantitative Impact of Asian Trade on European Economic Development; India,China & Japan in the Age of Mercantilism; European Bridgeheads in Asia: Structure & Change of the Factories of the East India Companies; The New Dimensions in the 18th Century; From Mercantilism to Power Politics: British-French Rivalry for Global Hegemony; The Links Between Private Capital & Public Finance in England; International Trade & Economic Growth:Theory & History.

Keywords: Indian Colonial History, International Trade, Asia, Asian, Mercantilism, European Expansion, Capitalism, British Colonialism, Colonial History, Economic History