UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1988 · Q5(a) · 20 marks
‘Attempts to put mercantilist doctrine into practice characterized the history of most of the nations of Western European in the 16th and 17th centuries.'
- Chapter
- Industrialization
- Topic
- Commercial Revolution, Mercantilism and Capitalism
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