ABSTRACT
After the collapse of the Doha Development Round of the World Trade Organization talks, agricultural subsidies and market liberalization went high on the political agenda. This work features historical documents that address the thorny relationship between trade and politics, the appropriate role of international regulation, and domestic concerns.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |6 pages
Tentative Moves towards Free Trade, 1778–86
part |6 pages
Trade as an Instrument of War, 1793–1812
part |7 pages
Divergent Paths: Britain and America, 1812–30
part |6 pages
A Movement Halted: The International Perspective 1830–42
part |7 pages
The Corn Laws and the Evolution of British Commercial Policy, 1832–46
