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Trade and Trust in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World: Spanish Merchants and their Overseas Networks
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Shows how merchants sought to minimise losses by forging strong bonds of interpersonal trust amongst a range of employees, partners, and clients. Fruitfully combining approaches from economic history and the cultural history of commerce, this book examines the role of interpersonal trust in underpinning trade, amid the challenges and uncertainties of the eighteenth-centuryAtlantic. It focuses on the nature of mercantile activity in two parts of Spain: Cadiz in the south, and its trade with Spain's American empire; and Bilbao in the north, and its trade with western and northern Europe. In particular, it explores the processes of trade, trading ... Read more
Shows how merchants sought to minimise losses by forging strong bonds of interpersonal trust amongst a range of employees, partners, and clients. Fruitfully combining approaches from economic history and the cultural history of commerce, this book examines the role of interpersonal trust in underpinning trade, amid the challenges and uncertainties of the eighteenth-centuryAtlantic. It focuses on the nature of mercantile activity in two parts of Spain: Cadiz in the south, and its trade with Spain's American empire; and Bilbao in the north, and its trade with western and northern Europe. In particular, it explores the processes of trade, trading ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838449
SKU
V9781843838449
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for Trade and Trust in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World: Spanish Merchants and their Overseas Networks
[This] well-written and interesting book is a welcome addition to the growing sub-field of research that situates the history of the Atlantic world on the Atlantic Ocean itself.
JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
An original and commendable study.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY
This marvellous book brings theoretical rigour and insightful analysis to bear on an ... Read more
JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
An original and commendable study.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY
This marvellous book brings theoretical rigour and insightful analysis to bear on an ... Read more