A history of commerce
by Clive Day
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. ... CHAPTER LVII CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, 1914-1920 754. Territorial losses of Germany. -- By the terms of peace Germany ceded territory in the west to France and Belgium, in the north to Denmark, in the east to Poland. The most serious losses were comprised in the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, and in part of the province of Silesia. Upper Silesia contained mineral deposits, p...
Chapters (728)
- A HISTORY OF COMMERCE
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- A HISTORY OF COMMERCE
- PART I.—ANCIENT COMMERCE
- CHAPTER I GENERAL CONDITIONS
- CHAPTER II ORIENTAL PERIOD
- CHAPTER III GREEK PERIOD
- CHAPTER IV ROMAN PERIOD
- PART II.—MEDIEVAL COMMERCE
- CHAPTER V CONDITIONS ABOUT THE YEAR 1000
- CHAPTER VI TOWN TRADE
- CHAPTER VII LAND TRADE
- CHAPTER VIII FAIRS
- CHAPTER IX SEA TRADE
- CHAPTER X THE LEVANT TRADE
- CHAPTER XI COMMERCE OF SOUTHERN EUROPE
- CHAPTER XII COMMERCE OF NORTHERN EUROPE
- CHAPTER XIII DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEDIEVAL ORGANIZATION OF COMMERCE
- CHAPTER XIV COMMERCE AND POLITICS IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES
- PART III.—MODERN COMMERCE
- CHAPTER XV EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY
- CHAPTER XVI DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION
- CHAPTER XVII CREDIT AND CRISES
- CHAPTER XVIII THE MODERN STATE AND THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM
- CHAPTER XIX SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
- CHAPTER XX THE NETHERLANDS
- CHAPTER XXI ENGLAND: SURVEY OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- CHAPTER XXII ENGLAND: EXPORTS
- CHAPTER XXIII ENGLAND: IMPORTS; SHIPPING; POLICY
- CHAPTER XXIV FRANCE: SURVEY OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- CHAPTER XXV FRANCE: POLICY
- CHAPTER XXVI THE GERMAN STATES
- CHAPTER XXVII ITALY AND MINOR STATES
- PART IV.—RECENT COMMERCE
- CHAPTER XXVIII COMMERCE AND COAL
- CHAPTER XXIX MACHINERY AND MANUFACTURES
- CHAPTER XXX ROADS AND RAILROADS
- CHAPTER XXXI MEANS OF NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION
- CHAPTER XXXII THE WARES OF COMMERCE
- CHAPTER XXXIII THE MODERN ORGANIZATION
- CHAPTER XXXIV COMMERCIAL POLICY
- CHAPTER XXXV ENGLAND: COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, 1800-1850
- CHAPTER XXXVI ENGLAND: REFORM OF COMMERCIAL POLICY
- CHAPTER XXXVII ENGLAND: COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, 1850-1914
- CHAPTER XXXVIII ENGLAND: PRE-WAR PROBLEMS
- CHAPTER XXXIX THE GERMAN STATES
- CHAPTER XL GERMANY UNDER THE EMPIRE
- CHAPTER XLI FRANCE
- CHAPTER XLII MINOR STATES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN EUROPE
- CHAPTER XLIII STATES OF SOUTHERN EUROPE
- CHAPTER XLIV EASTERN EUROPE
- PART V.—THE UNITED STATES
- CHAPTER XLV THE ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION, 1789
- CHAPTER XLVI INTERNAL TRADE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE, 1789
- CHAPTER XLVII COMMERCE AND POLICY, 1789-1815
- CHAPTER XLVIII NATIONAL EXPANSION, 1815-1860
- CHAPTER XLIX EXPORTS, 1815-1860
- CHAPTER L IMPORTS, POLICY, DIRECTION OF COMMERCE, 1815-1860
- CHAPTER LI NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1860-1914
- CHAPTER LII EXPORTS, 1860-1914
- CHAPTER LIII IMPORTS, POLICY, DIRECTION OF COMMERCE, 1860-1914
- PART VI.—THE WORLD WAR
- CHAPTER LIV COMMERCE AND THE WORLD WAR, 1914-1918
- CHAPTER LV THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1914-1920
- CHAPTER LVI FRANCE AND THE PROBLEM OF REPARATIONS
- CHAPTER LVII CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, 1914-1920
- CHAPTER LVIII THE UNITED STATES, 1914-1920
- FOOTNOTES:
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