German Merchants in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic

ISBN-13: 9781107017290 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 315 str.

Lars Maischak

Opis

Studies the ties between America and Bremen in the nineteenth century, illuminating the role of merchant capital in making an industrial-capitalist world economy.

Recenzje

'… a detailed exposé … [Maischak's] work significantly pushes scholars of the antebellum United States and of circa-1848 Germany to extend their narratives.' Kristin L. Condotta, H-Soz-u-Kult

Spis treści

Index of tables, graphs, and maps; Glossary; Prologue; Introduction; Part I. Moorings of the Hanseatic Network: 1. Prudent pioneers: Hanseats in trans-Atlantic trade, 1798–1860; 2. The Hanseatic household: families, firms, and faith, 1815–64; 3. Cosmopolitan conservatives: home-town traditions and Western ideas in Bremish politics, 1806–60; Part II. Exchanges: In a Transnational World: 4. Free labor and dependent labor: from patronage to wage labor and social control, 1815–61; 5. International improvement: Hanseats, Hamiltonians, and Jacksonians, 1845–60; 6. Nations, races, and empires: Hanseats encounter the other, 1837–59; Part III. Decline of a Cosmopolitan Community: 7. The end of merchant-capital: crisis and adaptation in a world of industrial capitalism, 1857–90; 8. Decisions and divisions: Hanseatic responses to nation-making wars, 1859–67; 9. Patriarchs into patriots: Hanseats in a world of nation-states, 1867–1945; Conclusion; Appendix: maps; Sources; Bibliography.