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Commodity Trading, Globalization and the Colonial World: Spinning
the Web of the Global Market provides a new perspective on economic
globalization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Instead of
understanding the emergence of global markets as a mere result of
supply and demand or as the effect of imperial politics, this book
focuses on a global trading firm as an exemplary case of the actors
responsible for conducting economic transactions in a multicultural
business world. The study focuses on the Swiss merchant house
Volkart Bros., which was one of the most important trading houses
in British India after the late nineteenth century and became one
of the biggest cotton and coffee traders in the world after
decolonization. The book examines the following questions: How
could European merchants establish business contacts with members
of the mercantile elite from India, China or Latin America? What
role did a shared mercantile culture play for establishing
relations of trust? How did global business change with the
construction of telegraph lines and railways and the development of
economic institutions such as merchant banks and commodity
exchanges? And what was the connection between the business
interests of transnationally operating capitalists and the
territorial aspirations of national and imperial governments? Based
on a five-year-long research endeavor and the examination of 24
public and private archives in seven countries and on three
continents, Commodity Trading, Globalization and the Colonial
World: Spinning the Web of the Global Market goes well beyond a
mere company history as it highlights the relationship between
multinationally operating firms and colonial governments, and the
role of business culture in establishing notions of trust, both
within the firm and between economic actors in different parts of
the world. It thus provides a cutting-edge history of globalization
from a micro-perspective. Following an actor-theoretical
perspective, the book maintains that the global market that came
into being in the nineteenth century can be perceived as the
consequence of the interaction of various actors. Merchants,
peasants, colonial bureaucrats and industrialists were all involved
in spinning the individual threads of this commercial web. By
connecting established approaches from business history with recent
scholarship in the fields of global and colonial history, Commodity
Trading, Globalization and the Colonial World: Spinning the Web of
the Global Market offers a new perspective on the emergence of
global enterprise and provides an important addition to the history
of imperialism and economic globalization.
Commodity Trading, Globalization and the Colonial World: Spinning
the Web of the Global Market provides a new perspective on economic
globalization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Instead of
understanding the emergence of global markets as a mere result of
supply and demand or as the effect of imperial politics, this book
focuses on a global trading firm as an exemplary case of the actors
responsible for conducting economic transactions in a multicultural
business world. The study focuses on the Swiss merchant house
Volkart Bros., which was one of the most important trading houses
in British India after the late nineteenth century and became one
of the biggest cotton and coffee traders in the world after
decolonization. The book examines the following questions: How
could European merchants establish business contacts with members
of the mercantile elite from India, China or Latin America? What
role did a shared mercantile culture play for establishing
relations of trust? How did global business change with the
construction of telegraph lines and railways and the development of
economic institutions such as merchant banks and commodity
exchanges? And what was the connection between the business
interests of transnationally operating capitalists and the
territorial aspirations of national and imperial governments? Based
on a five-year-long research endeavor and the examination of 24
public and private archives in seven countries and on three
continents, Commodity Trading, Globalization and the Colonial
World: Spinning the Web of the Global Market goes well beyond a
mere company history as it highlights the relationship between
multinationally operating firms and colonial governments, and the
role of business culture in establishing notions of trust, both
within the firm and between economic actors in different parts of
the world. It thus provides a cutting-edge history of globalization
from a micro-perspective. Following an actor-theoretical
perspective, the book maintains that the global market that came
into being in the nineteenth century can be perceived as the
consequence of the interaction of various actors. Merchants,
peasants, colonial bureaucrats and industrialists were all involved
in spinning the individual threads of this commercial web. By
connecting established approaches from business history with recent
scholarship in the fields of global and colonial history, Commodity
Trading, Globalization and the Colonial World: Spinning the Web of
the Global Market offers a new perspective on the emergence of
global enterprise and provides an important addition to the history
of imperialism and economic globalization.
The first global history of the middle class While the nineteenth
century has been described as the golden age of the European
bourgeoisie, the emergence of the middle class and bourgeois
culture was by no means exclusive to Europe. The Global Bourgeoisie
explores the rise of the middle classes around the world during the
age of empire. Bringing together eminent scholars, this landmark
essay collection compares middle-class formation in various
regions, highlighting differences and similarities, and assesses
the extent to which bourgeois growth was tied to the increasing
exchange of ideas and goods. The contributors indicate that the
middle class was from its very beginning, even in Europe, the
result of international connections and entanglements. Essays are
grouped into six thematic sections: the political history of
middle-class formation, the impact of imperial rule on the colonial
middle class, the role of capitalism, the influence of religion,
the obstacles to the middle class beyond the Western and colonial
world, and, lastly, reflections on the creation of bourgeois
cultures and global social history. Placing the establishment of
middle-class society into historical context, this book shows how
the triumph or destabilization of bourgeois values can shape the
liberal world order. The Global Bourgeoisie irrevocably changes the
understanding of how an important social class came to be.
The first global history of the middle class While the nineteenth
century has been described as the golden age of the European
bourgeoisie, the emergence of the middle class and bourgeois
culture was by no means exclusive to Europe. The Global Bourgeoisie
explores the rise of the middle classes around the world during the
age of empire. Bringing together eminent scholars, this landmark
essay collection compares middle-class formation in various
regions, highlighting differences and similarities, and assesses
the extent to which bourgeois growth was tied to the increasing
exchange of ideas and goods. The contributors indicate that the
middle class was from its very beginning, even in Europe, the
result of international connections and entanglements. Essays are
grouped into six thematic sections: the political history of
middle-class formation, the impact of imperial rule on the colonial
middle class, the role of capitalism, the influence of religion,
the obstacles to the middle class beyond the Western and colonial
world, and, lastly, reflections on the creation of bourgeois
cultures and global social history. Placing the establishment of
middle-class society into historical context, this book shows how
the triumph or destabilization of bourgeois values can shape the
liberal world order. The Global Bourgeoisie irrevocably changes the
understanding of how an important social class came to be.
The essays in this volume discuss the worldwide economic
integration between 1850 and 1930, challenging the popular
description of the period after 1918 as one of mere
deglobalisation. The authors posit that markets were not only
places of material exchange, but also socially structured entities,
shaped by the agency of individual actors and by complex structures
of political and economic power. Economic transactions were
supported by an array of different institutions, ranging from
formalized regulations to informal relations of personal trust.
They argue that these networks were strong enough to prosper even
through and after World War I, in a political climate often hostile
to foreign trade. The Foundations of Worldwide Economic Integration
shows that institutionalism altered its shape in the face of
circumstances that increasingly challenged international trade. By
presenting case studies from various countries, this book offers a
fresh perspective on crucial periods of economic globalisation.
The essays in this volume discuss worldwide economic integration
between 1850 and 1930, challenging the popular description of the
period after 1918 as one of mere deglobalisation. The authors argue
that markets were not only places of material exchange, but also
socially structured entities, shaped by the agency of individual
actors and by complex structures of political and economic power.
Economic transactions were supported by an array of different
institutions, ranging from formalised regulations to informal
relations of personal trust. They argue that these networks were
strong enough to prosper even during and after World War I, in a
political climate often hostile to foreign trade. The Foundations
of Worldwide Economic Integration shows that institutionalism
altered its shape in the face of circumstances that increasingly
challenged international trade. By presenting case studies from
various countries, this book offers a fresh perspective on crucial
periods of economic globalisation.
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