Merchants: The Community That Shaped England's Trade and Empire, 1550-1650 by Smith, Edmond
Merchants: The Community That Shaped England's Trade and Empire, 1550-1650 by Smith, Edmond

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...
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Author: Edmond Smith
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Language: English
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Merchants: The Community That Shaped England's Trade and Empire, 1550-1650 by Smith, Edmond

Merchants: The Community That Shaped England's Trade and Empire, 1550-1650

$126.20
Merchants: The Community That Shaped England's Trade and Empire, 1550-1650 by Smith, Edmond

Merchants: The Community That Shaped England's Trade and Empire, 1550-1650

$126.20
Author: Edmond Smith
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
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.

Author: Edmond Smith
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 10/26/2021
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.71lbs
Size: 9.29h x 5.98w x 1.34d
ISBN: 9780300257953

About the Author
Edmond Smith is a Presidential Fellow in Economic Cultures at the University of Manchester. Formerly a capital markets research manager, Smith now specializes in the histories of capitalism and globalization, having completed his PhD at Cambridge in 2016.
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