Buch, Englisch, 307 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 413 g
Russia and Britain in Eighteenth-Century Eurasia
Buch, Englisch, 307 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 413 g
ISBN: 978-1-108-70308-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Commercial competition between Britain and Russia became entangled during the eighteenth century in Iran, the Middle East, and China, and disputes emerged over control of the North Pacific. Focusing on the British Russia Company, Matthew P. Romaniello charts the ways in which the company navigated these commercial and diplomatic frontiers. He reveals how geopolitical developments affected trade far more than commercial regulations, while also challenging depictions of this period as a straightforward era of Russian economic decline. By looking at merchants' and diplomats' correspondence and the actions and experiences of men working in Eurasia for Russia and Britain, he demonstrates the importance of restoring human experiences in global processes and provides individual perspective on this game of empire. This approach reveals that economic fears, more than commodities exchanged, motivated actions across the geopolitical landscape of Europe during the Seven Years' War and the American and French Revolutions.
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Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Außenhandel
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Internationaler Handel
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction; 1. Opening opportunities; 2. Managing mercantilism; 3. Asian aspirations; 4. Navigating neutrality; 5. Continental challenges; Afterword.
