Review of War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689–1900 , by John V. C. Nye, ed.

Volume 11, No. 2 (2008)

In terms of the domestic economy, the established history of English liberation and French stagnations still holds, but War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689–1900 shows that England was a late comer to free trade while France was a relative trail blazer.