The Low Countries' Export Trade in Textiles with the Mediterranean Basin
Link ID 120116
Title The Low Countries' Export Trade in Textiles with the Mediterranean Basin
Url http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/ecipa/archive/UT-ECIPA-MUNRO-99-01.html
Description Cost-benefit analysis, challenging the conventional wisdom in European economic history that long-distance maritime transport in 1200-1600 as always more cost effective than overland trade routes. Author: John H. Munro. Text abstract. Full article on PDF document.
Category Textiles and Nonwovens > Resources > History > Industry
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Date Jul 19, 2006
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