Merchants : the community that shaped England's trade and empire, 1550-1650 / Edmond Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Edmond, author.

Series:

Yale scholarship online.

Yale scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merchants--Great Britain--History--16th century.

Merchants.

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

Great Britain--Commerce--History--16th century.

Great Britain.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]

Summary:

In the century following Elizabeth I's rise to the throne, English trade blossomed as thousands of merchants launched ventures across the globe. Through the efforts of these 'mere merchants,' England developed from a peripheral power on the fringes of Europe to a country at the center of a global commercial web, with interests stretching from Virginia to Ahmadabad and Arkhangelsk to Benin. Edmond Smith traces the lives of English merchants from their earliest steps into business to the heights of their successes. Smith unpicks their behaviour, relationships, and experiences, from exporting wool to Russia, importing exotic luxuries from India, and building plantations in America.

Contents:

Cover Page

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION In the Footsteps of William Turner

ONE THE ART OF MERCHANDISING

TWO MANY BODIES CORPORATE

THREE LIVING TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER

FOUR MONOPOLISTS AND INTERLOPERS

FIVE THE CITY AND THE COURT

CONCLUSION The Business of Empire

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-300-26449-6

OCLC:

1267762835