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Merchants - The Community That Shaped England's Trade and Empire, 1550-1650 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,042
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Merchants - The Community That Shaped England's Trade and Empire, 1550-1650 (Hardcover): Edmond Smith

Merchants - The Community That Shaped England's Trade and Empire, 1550-1650 (Hardcover)

Edmond Smith

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A new history of English trade and empire-revealing how a tightly woven community of merchants was the true origin of globalized Britain 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 behavior, relationships, and experiences, from exporting wool to Russia, importing exotic luxuries from India, and building plantations in America. He reveals that the origins of "global" Britain are found in the stories of these men whose livelihoods depended on their skills, entrepreneurship, and ability to work together to compete in cutthroat international markets. As a community, their efforts would come to revolutionize Britain's relationship with the world.

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Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2021
Authors: Edmond Smith
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-25795-3
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
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LSN: 0-300-25795-3
Barcode: 9780300257953

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