The Politics of Trade: The Overseas Merchant in State and Society, 1660-1720

by Perry Gauci

Overview

This book examines the political and social impact of English overseas merchants during the upheavals of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It explores the merchant societies of London, York, and Liverpool, and illuminates the growing prominence of the overseas trader in the press and in Parliament.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199241934
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/07/2001
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Lincoln College, Oxford

Table of Contents

IntroductionThe Mercantile Cityi. Sampling the London Eliteii. Merchant Distribution in the Cityiii. Topography and City Associationiv. Provincial ParallelsBusiness and Public Lifei. The Background and Training of the City Merchantii. Independence and Association: Office-Holding in the Cityiii. Status as an Urban Phenomenoniv. Provincial ParallelsMercantile Association and Commercial Politicsi. The Formal Organization of Overseas Tradeii. The Unregulated Tradesiii. The Livery Companiesiv. Provincial ParallelsThe Merchant, Politics, and the Pressi. The Mercantile Pressii. The Press and the Professioniii. The Histories of Tradeiv. The Representation of CommerceThe Merchant and Parliamenti. Merchant Representation at Westminsterii. Parliament and the Representation of Overseas Tradeiii. Parliament and the Passage of Commercial LegislationThe Politics of Trade: The French Commerce Bill of 1713i. Origins and Noveltiesii. The Rage of Party and the Politicization of Tradeiii. The Great Vote and Trade on the Hustingsiv. Consequences and Recriminations 1713-14ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"Gauci has woven into a single narrative mercantile, social, and political change at a critical moment in the evolution of the modern state. The Politics of Trade has moved the shadow world of overseas trading communities of the Augustan Age closer to their rightful place near center stage."—Journal of Interdisciplinary History

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