Merchants and Revolution. Commercial change, political conflict and London's overseas traders, 1550-1653
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- Author(s) Brenner, Robert
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1993
- Pages 650pp
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Place Published Cambridge
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly work dealing with the development of London's international merchant community and their international trade [woollen cloth trade with Europe; with Russia, Levant and East Indies; Virginia tobacco and West Indies sugar trades] and the evolution in the 17th century of the political activities and alliances of merchants. Structured in three sections: 1] 'The transformation of English commerce and of the London merchant community, 1550-1650'; 2] 'The emergence of political conflict, 1620-1642' 3] 'Radicalisation, reaction and revolution, 1642-1653'. Includes much about specific merchants, East India Co, Levant Co, Merchant Adventurers