MERCANTILISM AND THE EAST INDIA TRA

MERCANTILISM

AND THE

EAST INDIA TRADE

An early phase of the
Protection v. Free Trade Controversy

By

P. J. Thomas, M.A., B.Litt.

Madras University and Balliol College, Oxford
Lecturer in Economics, University College, Colombo

LONDON:

P. S. KING & SON, LTD.

ORCHARD HOUSE, GREAT SMITH STREET,
WESTMINSTER
1926

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