July's Books of the Month

Posted By Daniel W. Drezner Monday, July 2, 2007 - 12:46 PM Share

This month's international relations book is John Nye's War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1900. Nye takes on the standard narrative about trade liberalization in the 19th century, which asserts that everyting started with Great Britain's repeal of the Corn Laws. Instead, he points out that France was in many (though not all)...

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July 2, 2007

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The American Founding Fathers famously heavy drinkers, which continued through the early decades of the nineteenth century. I'm curious, was alcohol production of similarly major importance in Britain and the continent?