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War, Power and the Economy - Mercantilism and state formation in 18th-century Europe (Paperback)
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War, Power and the Economy - Mercantilism and state formation in 18th-century Europe (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
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War, Power and the Economy contains a comparative history of Great
Britain, France and Spain, the three rival empires of the 1700s. It
explores how the states prepared for war, what kind of economic
means they had, what institutional changes they implemented, and
how efficient this was. As such, the book presents the first
comparative synthesis aiming to understand the outcome of the
global confrontation in the eighteenth century. Faced with the
challenge of paying for new and more costly wars, some countries
found flexible ways to get more money and better supplies, whereas
others did not. The development of freer colonial markets, the
increase of consumption and its taxation, the problems of venal
administration or the different systems of patronage with
contractors, are some of the factors explaining the divergences
that were made clear by 1815. This book explores political and
economic dimensions of the eighteenth-century European state in
order to explain why and how changes in power as an outcome of war
depended upon the available means and the way they were obtained
and used. The book takes the idea that making war or preparing for
it obliged governments to make important changes in their
institutions, so that during the eighteenth century the state in
many ways formed itself through war efforts. Ultimately, this study
aims to show how closely political and military success was
entwined with economic interests. This volume is of great interest
to those who study economic history, political economy and European
history.
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