International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great

International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great
Author: William Young
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 541
Release: 2004
Genre: Diplomacy
ISBN: 0595329926

The Peace of Westphalia (1648), ending the Thirty Years' War, resulted in the rise of the modern European states system. However, dynasticism, power politics, commerce, and religion continued to be the main issues driving International politics and warfare. Dr. William Young examines war and diplomacy during the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great. His study focuses on the later part of the Franco-Spanish War, the Wars of Louis XIV, and the Anglo-Dutch Wars in the West. In addition, the author explores the wars of the Baltic Region and East Europe, including the Thirteen Years' War, Second Northern War, War of the Holy League, and the Great Northern War. The study includes a guide to the historical literature concerning war and diplomacy during this period. It includes bibliographical essays and a valuable annotated bibliography of over six hundred books, monographs, dissertations, theses, journal articles, and essays published in the English language. International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great is a valuable resource for individuals interested in the history of diplomacy, warfare, and Early Modern Europe.

Conflicts and Conspiracies

Conflicts and Conspiracies
Author: Kenneth Maxwell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2004-08-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135930813

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Colonial Brazil

Colonial Brazil
Author: Leslie Bethell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1987-05-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521349253

Colonial Brazil provides a continuous history of the Portuguese Empire in Brazil from the beginnings of the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

Pombal, Paradox of the Enlightenment

Pombal, Paradox of the Enlightenment
Author: Kenneth Maxwell
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1995-03-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521450447

A major new study of the marquês de Pombal, one of the most important figures in Portuguese history and one of the eighteenth century's most successful 'enlightened despots'.

Portuguese Brazil

Portuguese Brazil
Author: James Lang
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2013-09-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1483269922

Portuguese Brazil

The Politics of Wine in Britain

The Politics of Wine in Britain
Author: C. Ludington
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2016-01-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230306225

A unique look at the meaning of the taste for wine in Britain, from the establishment of a Commonwealth in 1649 to the Commercial Treaty between Britain and France in 1860 - this book provides an extraordinary window into the politics and culture of England and Scotland just as they were becoming the powerful British state.

Seapower States

Seapower States
Author: Andrew D. Lambert
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2018-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300230044

One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812--winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal--turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as "seapowers" informed their actions and enabled them to achieve success disproportionate to their size. Lambert demonstrates how creating maritime identities made these states more dynamic, open, and inclusive than their lumbering continental rivals. Only when they forgot this aspect of their identity did these nations begin to decline. Recognizing that the United States and China are modern naval powers--rather than seapowers--is essential to understanding current affairs, as well as the long-term trends in world history. This volume is a highly original "big think" analysis of five states whose success--and eventual failure--is a subject of enduring interest, by a scholar at the top of his game.

The Politics of Trade

The Politics of Trade
Author: Perry Gauci
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2001-04-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0191553840

This book examines the political and social impact of the English overseas merchant during this key era of state development. Historians have increasingly recognized the significance of this period as one of commercial and political transition, but relatively little thought has been given to the perspective of the overseas traders, whose activities transended these dynamic arenas. Analsis of the role of merchants in public life highlights their important contribution to England's rise as a commercial power of the first rank, and illuminates the fundamerntal political changes of the time. Case-studies of London, Liverpool, and York reveal the intricate workings of mercantile politics, while studies of the press and Parliament illustrate the increasing prominence of the trader on the national stage. The author's pioneering approach shows how crucial the political accomodation which the merchant class secured with the landed gentry was to the country's success in the eighteenth century.

The Fruits of the Early Globalization

The Fruits of the Early Globalization
Author: Rafael Dobado-González
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2021-06-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030696669

This book presents an unusual view on one of the most influential periods in world economic history: the Early Globalization. By this term, the notion that a process of genuine globalization took place in the Early Modern Era is defended. The authors propose that the canonical globalization—that of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—was preceded by a century-long increasing economic integration between continents that were non-existent before 1492. The economic aspects of the Early Globalization, like market integration, price co-movements and international silver circulation, were very important. Notwithstanding, other dimensions of human life, which were affected by unprecedented intercontinental contacts, including free and forced migrations, changes in tastes and consumption, etc. The Fruits of Globalisation deals with some of the most important issues among the former and the latter. The book combines approaches from different disciplines, including quantitative and non-quantitative economic history, econometrics, international trade and demography. Overall, the vision of the Early Globalisation offered in this book is less pessimistic than in mainstream literature on the period.