Problems of perspective : the myth of free trade Britain and fortress France -- The history of British economic policy … -- The unbearable lightness of drink : assessing the effects of British tariffs on French wine -- The beginnings : trade and … the struggle for European power in the late 1600s -- Counterfactuals or what if? -- Wine, beer, and money : the political …

In War, Wine, and Taxes, John Nye debunks the myth that Britain was a free-trade nation during and after the industrial … revolution, by revealing how the British used tariffs--notably on French wine--as a mercantilist tool to politically weaken … France and to respond to pressure from local brewers and others. The book reveals that Britain did not transform smoothly …

Assesses the impact of the coastal wine and brandy trade on the early modern French, Dutch, and Atlantic economies. … integration issues -- Chapter Two Rotterdam's Wine Traders and Their Business Environment -- Importers, wholesalers, and … supply market -- Alcohol exports from Nantes and Dutch shipping -- Alcohol exports from other French ports by the Dutch …