books.google.nl - The Political Economy of Merchant Empires focuses on why European concerns eventually achieved dominance in global trade in the period between 1450 and 1750, at the expense, especially in Asia, of well-organized and well-financed rivals. The volume is a companion to The Rise of Merchant Empires (1990),...http://books.google.nl/books/about/The_Political_Economy_of_Merchant_Empire.html?hl=nl&id=1jHpt9hdreoC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Political Economy of Merchant Empires
