Protektionismus und Freihandel

Europäische Pressedebatten um globale Märkte zur Zeit Napoleons

By (author) Alix Winter

Book cover: Protektionismus und Freihandel

Extent: 330 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Business & Economics, Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(October 2018)

ISBN: 9783847107699

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $94.00

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Ab 1806 versuchte Napoleon uber sieben Jahre hinweg, den europaischen Kontinent gegen jegliche Importe aus Grossbritannien abzuschotten. Dieses protektionistische Grossexperiment loste in der zeitgenossischen Presse intensive Debatten zu wirtschaftstheoretischen Fragen aus: Fordert okonomischer Isolationismus den nationalen Wohlstand? Konnen internationale Rechtsregelungen einem Handelskrieg entgegenwirken? Oder werden nationaler Wohlstand und damit globaler Frieden nicht eher durch allgemeinen Freihandel begunstigt?


In 1806, Napoleon attempted to seal off the entire European continent from British imports. This ambitious protectionist experiment set off extensive debates about questions of economic theory. Did economic isolation foster the wealth of nations? Could international law prevent the outbreak of a maritime trade war? Or would global free trade promote wealth and peace among all nations? In this book, Alix Winter studies how the continental system served as a focal point for public discussions about fundamental economical questions and how the early nineteenth century witnessed the radicalisation of Enlightenment liberal economic theories.

  • By (author) Alix Winter