The Genesis of the Common Market (Paperback)

Part 1 The rise of the great industries of western Europe: iron and steel; engineering; coal; textiles; chemicals. Part 2 An 18th century approach - the Anglo-French commercial treaty of 1786. Part 3 A 19th century approach - the low tariff bloc of the 1860s. Part 4 International cooperation in the 19th century: slave trade; opium trade; arms and liquor; fisheries; sugar; agriculture; currencies and gold standard; health; communications; international cartels. Part 5 Customs in the 19th century: national common markets; the German customs union. Part 6 International cooperation after two World Wars: 1919-39; 1945-50. Part 7 The genesis of the common market: the coal and steel industry; the economic community.