The British-Atlantic trading community,1760-1810 : men, women, and the distribution of goods / by Sheryllynne Haggerty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haggerty, Sheryllynne.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 6.

The Atlantic world, 1570-0542 ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merchants--Great Britain--History.

Merchants.

Women merchants--Great Britain--History.

Women merchants.

History.

Great Britain--Commerce--History.

Great Britain.

Commerce.

Physical Description:

xiv, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Summary:

This book stresses the role of lesser traders, including women, in the distribution of goods around the Atlantic world 1760-1810. Networks of people, credit and goods bound the British-Atlantic trading community together despite the many crises of this period.

Contents:

Part 1 Profile and Structure

Introduction: Men and Women of the British-Atlantic Trading Community 3

Chapter 1 Traders and the British-Atlantic Economy 15

Chapter 2 What is a Trading Community? 35

Chapter 3 The Trading Communities of Liverpool and Philadelphia 67

Part 2 Networks

Chapter 4 People, Trust and Information 109

Chapter 5 Finance and Failure 142

Chapter 6 Distributing the Goods of the Consumer Revolution 183

Chapter 7 Risk and Risk Management 211

Conclusion: One Trading Community 241

Appendix A The Trade Directories and the Database 253

Appendix B Categories of Trader Included in Each Trading Sector 259.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral-University of Liverpool, 2002) under the title: Trade and trading communities in the late eighteenth century Atlantic : Liverpool and Philadelphia.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-277) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9004150188

OCLC:

62732826

Publisher Number:

9789004150188