War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1900

by John V.C. Nye

Book Overview

In War, Wine, and Taxes, John Nye debunks the myth that Britain was a free-trade nation during and after the industrial revolution, by revealing how the British used tariffs--notably on French wine--as a mercantilist tool to politically weaken France and to respond to pressure from local brewers and others. The book reveals that Britain did not transform smoothly from a mercantilist state in the eighteenth century to a bastion of free trade...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691129177
• ISBN13: 9780691129174
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"