'Colonial commerce and the Scottish economy, c1730-1815' in L M Cullen & T C Smout (eds), Comparative Aspects of Scottish and Irish Economic and Social History

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Author(s) Devine, Thomas M
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1977
Pages pp177-90
Publisher John Donald Publishers
Place Published Edinburgh

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Economic history texts

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An early article dealing with the colonial trade as the most dynamic element in Scottish commerce in the 18th century, notably the tobacco trade, reassessing its importance and impact on the wider Scottish economy and notably investment by merchants in sectors such as textiles, banking, land, etc