Search for dissertations about: "ghost acreage"

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2. 1. Commerce and Colonisation: Studies of Early Modern Merchant Capitalism in the Atlantic Economy

   Author : Klas Rönnbäck; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; globalisation; market integration; price convergence; colonial goods; international trade; imperialism; colonialism; Williams-thesis; slavery; sugar; balance of payments; Atlantic economy; the Baltic; ghost acreage;

   Abstract : This dissertation consists of four chapters which study early modern merchant capitalism, with a special focus upon the developing Atlantic economy. The introductory chapter is followed by chapter 2, studying the issue of market integration and price convergence in inter-continental trade during the early modern period. READ MORE