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British discovery literature and the rise of global commerce / Anna Neill.
Lippincott Library HF3505.2 .N45 2002
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LIBRA HF3505.2 .N45 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neill, Anna, 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Explorers.
- History.
- Merchants.
- Great Britain--Commerce--History.
- Great Britain.
- Commerce.
- Merchant marine--Great Britain--History.
- Merchant marine.
- Merchants--Great Britain--History.
- Explorers--Great Britain--History.
- International trade--History.
- International trade.
- Travelers' writings, English.
- Physical Description:
- x, 229 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.
- Summary:
- "British Discovery Literature and the Rise of Global Commerce" examines how, between 1680 and 1800, British maritime travelers became both friends and foes of the commercial state. Examining voyage narratives by William Dampler, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Tobias Smollett, Samuel Johnson, James Cook, and William Bligh, Neill demonstrates how the transformation of travelers from nomadic outlaws into civil subjects, and vice versa, takes place against the political-economic backdrop of commercial expansion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0333973747
- OCLC:
- 48390658
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