1st Edition
North Eurasian Trade in World History, 1660–1860 The Economic and Political Importance of the Baltic Sea
By Werner Scheltjens
Copyright 2021
244 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
244 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
244 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book offers the first long-term analysis of the protracted struggle between Britain, France, Prussia, Russia, and Sweden for economic power and political influence in the northern part of the Eurasian continent between 1660 and 1860. This book shows how their commercial, diplomatic, and military entanglements determined the course of Baltic trade from the late seventeenth to the... Read more
1. An Exploratory Analysis of Trade through the Danish Sound, 1670–1856
2. The Baltic as Arena of a Quest for North Eurasian Trade
3. The Emergence of the Baltic as a Privileged Outlet for North Eurasian Trade, 1670–1721
4. The Consolidation of the Baltic’s Special Role in North Eurasian Trade, 1703–1766
5. The Culmination of Conflicting Commercial and Political Interests in North Eurasian Trade, 1764–1814
6. The Reconfiguration of North Eurasian Trade in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
7. Conclusions
Appendix: A Note on Statistics
Biography
Werner Scheltjens is Professor of Digital History at the University of Bamberg, Germany.
