Merchants and profit in the Age of Commerce, 1680-1830
- ISBN: 9781848934825
- Editorial: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd.
- Fecha de la edición: 2014
- Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
- Colección: Perspectives in Economic and Social History
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 23 cm
- Nº Pág.: 227
- Idiomas: Inglés
Merchant activity across Europe, America and China was vital to economic growth during the long eighteenth century. Using a unique data set from accounts and correspondence, contributors show the fragmented nature of merchant activity and the importance of trust-based social and cultural networks. Case studies from the 'Age of Commerce' include Franco-British attempts to recall Chinese debt in 1779-80, the price signals between Spain and colonial South America and the risk avoidance strategies of tobacco-planters in early national period America.