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Shovlin, John,

Trading with the enemy : Britain, France, and the 18th-century quest for a peaceful world order / John Shovlin. - 1 online resource (xxxvi, 374 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Subtitle taken from cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 TRADE TALKS Peace, Protection, and the Rise of Free Trade -- 2 A SYSTEM OF COLLECTIVE RESTRAINT Spanish America, Freedom of Trade, and the Problem of the South Sea Company -- 3 TO KEEP THE EUROPEAN PEACE John Law's Financial Revolution and Its Legacy -- 4 AN ELUSIVE BALANCE The Long Peace and the Problem of Uneven Development -- 5 MADE IN AMERICA Free Trade and the Crisis of Empire -- 6 SECURITY CARTEL The Franco-British Pursuit of a Permanent Peace in India

A ground-breaking account of British and French efforts to channel their eighteenth-century geopolitical rivalry into peaceful commercial competition

ISBN: 0300258836 9780300258837

Standard Tech. Report. No.: (Coutts)061406265

Source: 22573/ctv1pct6zv JSTOR

Subjects--Topical Terms:
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837).
Commerce.
Diplomatic relations.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Commerce--History--France--18th century.
France--Commerce--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--France.
France--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
France.
Great Britain.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HF3508.F8 / S56 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 940.253 382.0941044