A history of states and economic policies in early modern Europe

War, finance, and mercantilism -- Great divergence, fiscal-military state and economic policy -- From trading cities to territorial states -- The "military revolution" -- The rise of the fiscal state -- Different paths to public finance and fiscal systems -- European states and the crisis of the seventeenth century -- Responses to the crisis : recentering the european economy -- Mercantilism -- Naval power and global trade -- The economic war between France and Britain in the 18th century -- Economic policies -- The Italian states (16th-17th centuries) -- State, economic policy and the Portuguese empire -- Spain: empire, crisis, reforms -- The Dutch Republic : a "merchant state" -- France : state, colbertism, economic performance -- England and the UK : the mercantile system -- The economic policy of Sweden -- Russia from Peter the Great to Catherine -- State and economy in Frederick II's Brandenburg-Prussia -- The Habsburg monarchy -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index