Trade and the pattern of European imperialism, 1492-2000
I construct a trade model of empire, and use it to interpret some of the key patterns in the history of European imperialism. I begin from the observation that trade was a key source of wealth for the colonies, and trade restrictions a key tool of extraction for colonial powers. But the value of t...
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University of Oxford
2012
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