The British-Atlantic Trading Community, 1760-1810 : Men, Women, and the Distribution of Goods / Sherryllynne Haggerty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haggerty, Sherryllynne, author.

Series:

Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; Volume 6.

The Atlantic World Series ; Volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Commerce--History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 287 p. ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2006]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book uses the case studies of Liverpool and Philadelphia to investigate the nature of the British-Atlantic trading community between 1760 and 1810. By using a wide definition of the term 'trader', this work stresses the role of lesser traders, including women, in the distribution of goods around the Atlantic. Through comparing and contrasting these trading communities, it highlights the different structures of the economies of these cities during this period of conflict and change. However, by using the concepts of networks of people, credit and goods, this book also demonstrates how a common business mentalité inextricably bound these trading communities together, even as Philadelphia struggled to free itself from the legacy of its colonial past.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

List of Maps, Figures and Tables

Part One: Profile and Structure

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

Chapter One: Traders and the British-Atlantic Economy

The Eighteenth-Century British Atlantic Economy

Two Port Cities: Liverpool and Philadelphia

Chapter Two: What is a Trading Community?

The Roles and Relationships of Traders

The Importance of Mentalité: A Community of Traders

Chapter Three: the Trading Communities of Liverpool and Philadelphia

Men, Women, and their Place in the Trading Community

Wholesale merchants . . . grocers . . . market women

Part Two: Networks

Chapter Four: People, Trust and Information

The Printed Word

The Written Word

The Spoken Word

Religion, Family and Friendships

Networks, Costs, Information and Trust

Chapter Five: Finance and Failure

Credit and Finance

Banking

Finance and Investment

Failure

Finance and Failure

Chapter Six: Distributing the Goods of the Consumer Revolution

Across the Ocean

Breaking Bulk

Retail Sales

An Efficient Distribution Network

Chapter Seven: Risk and Risk Management

Female Traders

Ralph Eddowes

David Tuohy

William Rathbone IV

Andrew Clow

Risk Minimization and Management

Conclusion: One Trading Community

Diversity

Networks

The Liverpool-Philadelphia Trading Community in the Long Term:Crisis and Continuum

Merely for Money?

Appendices

Appendix A: the Trade Directories and the Database

Appendix B: Categories of Trader Included in Each Trading Sector

Bibliography

Index of Subjects

Index of Names

The Atlantic World.

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.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789047409113

9047409116

9781435614864

1435614860

OCLC:

655857442

Publisher Number:

9789004150188