War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1900 by Joel Mokyr, John V.C. Nye

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

Joel Mokyr, John V.C. Nye

174 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

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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 Fra...

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