英米の大西洋貿易コミュニティ The British-atlantic Trading Community, 1760-1810 : Men, Women, and the Distribution of Goods (The Atlantic World)

Haggerty, Sheryllynne

Brill Academic Pub（2006/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 287 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004150188
• DDC分類 382.0941

基本説明

This book uses the case studies of Liverpool and Philadelphia to investigate the nature of the British-Atlantic trading community between 1760 and 1810. 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.

Full Description

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 mentalite inextricably bound these trading communities together, even as Philadelphia struggled to free itself from the legacy of its colonial past.

Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations List of Maps, Figures and Tables Introduction: Men and Women of the British-Atlantic Trading Community 1. Traders and the British-Atlantic Economy 2. What is a Trading Community? 3. The Trading Communities of Liverpool and Philadelphia 4. People, Trust and Information 5. Finance and Failure 6. Distributing the Goods of the Consumer Revolution 7. Risk and Risk Management Conclusion: One Trading Community Appendix A. The Trade Directories and the Database Appendix B. Categories of Trader Included in Each Trading Sector Bibliography Index