Essays in the Economic History of the Atlantic World

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ID9324070
AuthorsJohn J Mccusker (corresponding author), John Mccusker
Year2005
Pages284
Publication date2005-08-15
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueEssays in the Economic History of the Atlantic World (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203989319
OpenAlexW2075498814
Open LibraryOL660034M
ISBN9780203989319
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited1

Written by one of the leading authorities on trade and finance in the early modern Atlantic world, these fourteen essays, revised and integrated for this volume, share as their common theme the development of the Atlantic economy, especially British America and the Caribbean. Topics treated range from early attempts in medieval England to measure the carrying capacity of ships, through the advent in Renaissance Italy and England of business newspapers that reported on the traffic of ships, cargoes and market prices, to the state of the economy of France over the two hundred years before the French Revolution and of the British West Indies between 1760 and 1790. Included is the story of Thomas Irving who challenged and thwarted the likes of John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

Ancient history · Atlantic World · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · America · British · Colonies · Economic conditions · Economic history · Great britain · North Atlantic Region · to 1865 · united states · West indies

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