British imperialism in a mercantilist age, 1492-1849: conceptual issues and empirical problems

• Autores: Stanley L. Engerman
• Localización: Revista de Historia Económica = Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, ISSN 0212-6109, Año nº 16, Nº 1, 1998, págs. 195-231
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.1017/s0212610900007102
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• Resumen

  • En el período comprendido entre la década de 1490 y mediados del siglo XIX,Gran Bretaña expandió su imperio ultramarino siguiendo una poitica económica mercantilista a fin de controlar el comercio con sus colonias y con otras naciones. Este ensayo debate varios problemas conceptuales y empíricos en un intento por medir los efectos del imperio sobre el desarrollo económico británico, en particular los beneficios del comercio y de los rendimientos de los factores productivos, así come los costes de las guerras y de las regulaciones que interfirieron con el comercio internacional. En el ensayo se apunta que, sobre la bate del comercie y los flujos de capital, el imperio y otras fuentes del comercie exterior fueren, aparentemente, más importantes a mediados del siglo XIX que en las épocas coloniales precedentes.

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