Carriers of Growth? : International Trade and Economic Development in the Austrian Netherlands

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Library of Economic History Ser. ; v.6

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Carriers of Growth?: International Trade and Economic Development in theAustrian Netherlands; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; List of Map, Charts and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; Introduction; PART 1: Theoretical Background; 1 International Trade and Economic Development; 2 The Austrian Netherlands in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century: A Cautious Recovery; 3 International Trade by a Commercially 'Passive' PARTicipant; 4 Sources for the History of Eighteenth-Century International Trade; 1 The Habsburg Customs Statistics: Magnum Opus of the Customs Administration

2 The Tariff Books: A Look Behind the Curtain of the Trade Policy3 The Large Legacy of the Bureau de la régie; PART 2: International Trade in the Austrian Netherlands: An Assessment of Its Value; 5 The Balance of Trade; 1 State of the Art; 2 Approach; 3 Results; 4 What Did It Mean?; 5 The Pitfalls of the Balance of Trade; 6 Revealed Comparative Advantages Through International Trade Contributions; 7 Conclusion; PART 3: International Trade in the Austrian Netherlands, a Study of Five Key Sectors; 6 The Salt Trade: The Flavour of Progress; 1 "The salt of life"

2 The Salt Sector in the Austrian Netherlands3 The Salt Flows; 4 Contradicting Histories?; 5 Conclusion; 7 The Textile Trade: A Tradition in Decay?; 1 The Eighteenth-Century Textile Sector; 2 The Economic Weight of the Textile Branches; 3 A Textile Landscape in Evolution; 4 Explaining the Shifts Within the Textile Sector; 5 The Impact of Trade on Different Stakeholders; 6 Conclusion; 8 The Trade in Colonial Commodities: Introducing the Exotic; 1 The Irresistible Lure of Exotic Produce; 2 Incorporating the New; 3 Market Capacity or Smart Policy?; 4 Conclusion

9 The Coal Trade: A Motor for Development?1 "The Basis, as Always, was Coal"; 2 The Coal Sector: In Britain's Shadow?; 3 International Trade: Source de prospérité or Paralysing Influence?; 4 The Coal Flows; 5 Effects of the Coal Trade on the Habsburg Economy; 6 Parallels Between the Salt and the Coal Sector; 7 Conclusion; 10 To Trade or Not to Trade?: The Grain Trade; 1 Grains in the Eighteenth-Century Austrian Netherlands; 2 Changing Policies: Fickleness or Decisiveness?; 3 The International Grain Trade: Capricious Flows; 4 Conclusion

PART 4: The Development of Transit Trade as theTrade Policy's Litmus Test11 Transit Trade; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

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