Merchants and the Military in Eighteenth Century Britain. British army contracts and domestic supply, 1739-1763

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Scholarly work which identifies the group of merchants, financiers, farmers, etc, along with their role, significance, etc, 'at the nexus of the fiscal-military structure'. Chapters include: 'Supply system of the British army from the seventeenth century'; 'Growth of army contracting'; 'Procedures and patronage'; 'Administration of encampment contracts in England, 1740-62'; 'Performance of encampment contracts'; 'A domestic contractor. John Willan'; 'Domestic supply and contracting in Scotland, 1746-62'; 'Profit and wealth'