Carriers of growth? : : international trade and economic development in the Austrian Netherlands / / by Ann Coenen.

• Author: Coenen, Ann.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ; Boston : : Brill,, [2014]
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Library of Economic History 6.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In Carriers of Growth? Ann Coenen sheds new light on the vigorous debate about international trade and economic development in the Early Modern Period. The Austrian Netherlands offer an intriguing case that challenges ruling opinions within the largely Anglo-Saxon literature. By focusing on a number of key trade sectors (salt, textiles, colonial commodities, coal and grain) Ann Coenen exposes the various effects of trade and trade policy throughout all layers of the eighteenth-century society.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- International Trade and Economic Development -- The Austrian Netherlands in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century: A Cautious Recovery -- International Trade by a Commercially ‘Passive’ Participant -- Sources for the History of Eighteenth-Century International Trade -- The Balance of Trade -- The Salt Trade: The Flavour of Progress -- The Textile Trade: A Tradition in Decay? -- The Trade in Colonial Commodities: Introducing the Exotic -- The Coal Trade: A Motor for Development? -- To Trade or Not to Trade?: The Grain Trade -- Transit Trade -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.