Interpreting Power and Profit in Economic History: A Case Study of the Seven Years War
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Economic History
- Vol. 37 (1) , 20-35
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700096698
Abstract
This article examines the economic costs to the British nation of the Seven Years War. Drawing upon manuscript records and secondary studies, the author analyzes in detail the diversion of resources to the Navy and the effect of increased debts on the economy. Finding that the burden was great but the impact apparently slight, the author suggests that the English may have drawn substantially upon extra-national sources of capital, labor and materials.Keywords
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