ABSTRACT

This new volume examines the influence of trade and empire from 1689 to 1815, a crucial period for British foreign policy and state-building.Jeremy Black, a leading expert on British foreign policy, draws on the wide range of archival material, as well as other sources, in order to ask how far, and through what processes and to what ends, foreign p

chapter Chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|38 pages

Ideas of trade and empire

chapter Chapter 3|30 pages

The shaping of policy

chapter Chapter 4|22 pages

The government response

chapter Chapter 5|14 pages

1689–1714

chapter Chapter 6|15 pages

1714–39

chapter Chapter 7|25 pages

1739–63

chapter Chapter 8|14 pages

1763–83

chapter Chapter 9|22 pages

1783–1815

chapter Chapter 10|14 pages

Conclusions