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

by Perry Gauci

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199241937
• ISBN13: 9780199241934
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.7"