Merchants:The Community That Shaped England’s Trade and Empire, 1550-1650
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 effort...
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ftumanchesterpub:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/4878e41f-8ce2-4f41-8677-99524532287c 2023-11-12T04:14:13+01:00 Merchants:The Community That Shaped England’s Trade and Empire, 1550-1650 Smith, Edmond 2021-09-14 https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/4878e41f-8ce2-4f41-8677-99524532287c https://yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?K=9780300257953 eng eng Yale University Press info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Smith , E 2021 , Merchants : The Community That Shaped England’s Trade and Empire, 1550-1650 . Yale University Press , London . book 2021 ftumanchesterpub 2023-10-30T09:13:20Z 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 centre 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. 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. Book Arkhangelsk The University of Manchester: Research Explorer |
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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 centre 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. 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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