Economic warfare during the Napoleonic era transformed international commerce; redirecting trade and generating illicit commerce. This volume re-evaluates the Continental System through urban and regional case studies that analyze the power triangle of the French, British and neutral powers and their strategies to adapt to trade restrictions.

Autorentext
Anita Cerpinska, University of Latvia Geoffrey Ellis, Oxford University, UK Alan Forrest, University of York, UK Bård Frydenlund, University of Oslo, Norway Alexander Grab, University of Maine, USA Hilde Greefs, University of Antwerp, Belgium Annie Jourdan, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Silvia Marzagalli, University of Nice, France Pierrick Pourchasse, University of Bretagne Occidentale, France Michael Rowe, King's College London, UK Margrit Schulte Beerbuehl, University of Düsseldorf, Germany Robert Mark Spaulding, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, USA Alexandre Tchoudinov, Institute of Universal History in Moscow, Russia Jann Markus Witt, Marineschule Mürwik (German Naval Academy)  

Inhalt
Introduction: Revisiting Napoleon's Continental System: New Directions; Katherine B. Aaslestad PART I: LOOKING FORWARD AND BACKWARD: HISTORIOGRAPHY OF AND ORIGINS OF THE CONTINENTAL SYSTEM 1. The Continental System Revisited; Geoffrey Ellis 2. French Representations of the Continental Blockade; Annie Jourdan 3. Russia and the Continental System: Trends in Russian Historiography; Alexandre Tchoudinov 4. Speculations and Embargoes on the Grain Trade at the Time of the Revolutionary Wars (1792-1795); Pierrick Pourchasse PART II: REGIONAL APPROACHES TO THE PRACTICE AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE CONTINENTAL SYSTEM 5. The Continental System: A View from the Sea; Silvia Marzagalli 6. The Kingdom of Italy and the Continental Blockade; Alexander Grab 7. Rhine River Commerce and the Continental System; Robert Mark Spaulding PART III: ADAPTING TO ECONOMIC WARFARE: NEW NETWORKS AND ILLICIT TRADE 8. Trading Networks across the Blockades; Margrit Schulte Beerbuhl 9. Smuggling and Blockade-Running During the Anglo-Danish War 1807-1814; Jann M. Witt 10. Defying the Continental System in the Periphery: Political Strategies and Protests by Norwegian Magnates; Bard Frydenlund 11. Economic Warfare, Organised Crime, and the Collapse of Napoleon's Empire; Michael Rowe PART IV: URBAN EXPERIENCES AND THE NAPOLEONIC CONTINENTAL SYSTEM 12. Experiencing the Continental System in the Cities of French Atlantic; Alan Forrest 13. Choices and Opportunities amidst Economic Warfare; 14. Riga Export Trade at the Time of the Continental System, 1807-1812; Anita Cerpinska 15. Significance and Consequences of the Continental System for Napoleonic Holland, especially for Amsterdam; Johan Joor Select Bibliography