The English Chartered Trading Companies, 1688-1763: Guns, Money and Lawyers

ISBN-13: 9781138612808 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 236 str.

Michael Wagner

Opis

This book provides a collective view of the five major English chartered trading companies active during 1688-1763. Using archival and secondary sources, it fills in some of the knowledge gaps concerning the less well-studied companies, and examines interconnections between international rivalry, financial operations of the companies, and politics.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Guns - Rivalry and the Pressure to Innovate  2. Money – The Companies as Financial Innovators  3. Lawyers – The Political Verdict.  Conclusion

O autorze

Michael Wagner teaches courses in eighteenth-century British history in the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford.