Trading with the enemy : Britain, France, and the 18th century quest for a peaceful world order

Trading with the enemy : Britain, France, and the 18th century quest for a peaceful world order

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2021

xxxv, 374 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

382.0942 S559 2021

(OCoLC)1198556679

Account of British and French efforts to channel their eighteenth-century geopolitical rivalry into peaceful commercial competition; John Shovlin reveals the extent to which Britain and France sought to divert their rivalry away from war and into commercial competition. The two powers worked to end future conflict over trade in Spanish America, the Caribbean, and India, and imagined forms of empire-building that would be more collaborative than competitive. They negotiated to cut cross-channel tariffs, recognizing that free trade could foster national power while muting enmity. This account shows that eighteenth-century capitalism drove not only repeated wars and overseas imperialism but spurred political leaders to strive for global stability.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-359) and index.
L2021M103

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