Citizens of the World: London Merchants and the Integration of the British Atlantic Community, 1735-1785

by David Hancock

Book Overview

Citizens of the World examines the business and social strategies of the men who developed the British empire in the eighteenth century. This book focuses on twenty-three London merchants who traded with America in an age of imperial expansion. These associates started their careers as marginal people, sought and took advantage of opportunities around the world, and approached their business and social lives with the improving ideals of the practical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052162942X
• ISBN13: 9780521629423
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"