UID:
almahu_9949383824902882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781315180946
,
1315180944
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9781351720854
,
1351720856
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9781351720847
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1351720848
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9781351720830
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135172083X
Series Statement:
Perspectives in economic and social history ; 54
Content:
This volume brings together a leading group of scholars to offer a new perspective on the history of conflicts and trade, focusing on the role of small and medium, or "weak", and often neutral states. Existing historiography has often downplayed the importance of such states in world trade, during armed conflicts, and as important agents in the expanding trade and global connections of the last 250 years. The country studies demonstrate that these states played a much bigger role in world and bilateral trade than has previously been assumed, and that this role was augmented by the emergence of truly global conflicts and total war. In addition to careful country or comparative studies, this book provides new data on trade and shipping during wars and examines the impact of this trade on the individual states' economies. It spans the period from the late 18th century to the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War of the 20th century, a crucial period of change in the concept and practice of neutrality and trade, as well as periods of transition in the nature and technology of warfare. This book will be of great interest to scholars of economic history, comparative history, international relations, and political science.
Note:
Smaller states, trade, and conflicts from the 18th to the 20th centuries -- Introduction / Jari Eloranta, Eric Golson, Peter Hedberg, Cristina Moreira, and Silvia Marzagalli -- The United States and the Mediterranean, 1783-1815 / Silvia Marzagalli (Université Nice) -- Baltic relations between Portugal and Russia : neutrality, trade and finance (1761-1831) / Cristina Moreira (Universidade do Minho), Rita Martins de Sousa (University of Lisbon), and Werner Scheltjens (Leipzig University) -- British-Norwegian trade in the 19th and 20th century / Ragnhild Hutchison (The Norwegian Institute of Local History) -- Trade and taxation in Brazil before and during the Napoleonic wars / Rodrigo Dominguez (University of Porto) and Angelo Carrara (Federal University of Juiz de Fora) -- Smaller states, neutrality, and conflicts from the 16th to the 20th centuries -- American trade and neutrality, 1783-1860 / Jeremy Land (Georgia State University) and Jari Eloranta -- Swedish trade policy and conflicts from Napoleon to World War I / Peter Hedberg and Henric Häggqvist (University of Uppsala) -- Ottoman Empire as a case study of neutrality and trade / Mehmet Bulut (Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul) -- Neutrality and warfare during the world wars / Eric Golson (London School of Economics). *No Room for Neutrality : the Uncommitted European Nations and the Economic Cold War in the 1950s / Nikas Jensen-Eriksen (University of Helsinki) -- Conclusions and further challenges / Toshiaki Tamaki (Kyoto Sangyo University) and Jari Ojala (University of Jyvaskyla).
Additional Edition:
Print version: Small and medium powers in global history New York : Routledge, 2019 ISBN 9781138744547
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315180946
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