English trade and adventure to Russia in the early modern era : the Muscovy Company, 1603-1649 / Maria Salomon Arel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arel, Maria Salomon, author.

Series:

Empires and entanglements in the early modern world

Standardized Title:

Muscovy Company in the first half of the seventeenth century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muscovy Company--History--17th century.

Muscovy Company.

Commerce.

History.

England--Commerce--Russia.

England.

Russia--Commerce--England.

Russia.

England--Commerce--History--17th century.

Russia--Commerce--History--17th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 349 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Muscovy Company, 1603-1649

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]

Summary:

"This book explores English trade to Russia in the first half of the seventeenth century. Meticulously reconstructing commercial activities, personnel, and day-to-day business strategies of the Muscovy Company, it reveals the workings of a growing branch of early modern overseas trade linking Russia to intersecting markets across the globe"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Weathering the storm: the Russia trade in the first two decades of the seventeenth century

Turning the corner: the "new" Muscovy Company emerges

The Russia merchants and their trade partners, 1620s-40s: from London to Moscow

An enterprise recovered: the Russia trade, 1620s-40s

The English quest for justice in Russia

Of foes, fraud, and friends in the Russia trade

The end of an era in the Russia trade.

Notes:

Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Yale University, 1996, titled The Muscovy Company in the first half of the seventeenth century : trade and position in the Russian state--a reassessment.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781498550239

1498550231

OCLC:

1081387846