Global trade and the shaping of English freedom / William A. Pettigrew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pettigrew, William A. (William Andrew), 1978- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International trade--History--17th century.

International trade.

Trading companies--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Trading companies.

Great Britain--Commerce--History--17th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Through the histories of English trading companies - the Levant Company, the East India Company, and the Royal African Company - this book shows how non-European peoples in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, West Africa, and Western India used their control over these companies to shape the emergence of English freedom.

Contents:

Intro

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication page

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Maps

1. Introduction: Trading Corporations, Cross-Cultural Alliances in Global Settings, and the Meanings of English Freedom

2. Smyrna, Venice, and the Rise of Statute in Trade Regulation, 1619-1647

3. Abu al-Mafakhir Mahmud Abdulkadir, the Skinner brothers, and the Constitutional Right to Free Trade, 1650-1668

4. Prince Bibe of Ouidah and the Freeing of the English Slave Trade, 1679-1694

5. King Nrai of Siam and the Redefinition of English Subjecthood, 1678-1698

6. Itimad Khan and the Statute to Suppress Piracy, 1694-1700

7. Conclusion: Free to Dominate

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 26, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Pettigrew, William A. Global Trade and the Shaping of English Freedom

ISBN:

0-19-188171-6

0-19-258592-4

0-19-258591-6

OCLC:

1399536530