Business and Politics under James I. Lionel Cranfield as merchant and minister
Details:
- Author(s) Tawney, Richard H
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1958
- Pages 325pp
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Place Published Cambridge
Topics:
- Name Taxation agencies
- Name Taxation inc customs, excise, stamp duties, etc: imposition & impact
- Name Business & politics inc lobbying
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Not a biography but covers Cranfield's business and political careers and the points of their contact. Structured in three parts: 1] 'Cranfield as merchant' - 'The European background' / 'Cranfield's export business' including 'character of English commerce', 'Clothiers, factors and markets', 'Cranfield's German trade', 'Cranfield's trade with the United Netherlands', 'Miscellaneous speculations' / 'Cranfield in the City' including 'Cranfield's business associates', 'Minor ventures', The customs farming system, Cranfield's farming speculations', 'Deals in crown lands', 'Putting out money for grain'; 2] 'Cranfield as minister' - 'The opening years' / 'The economic campaign' / 'Cranfield in command'; 'The fall of Middlesex' - ie Cranfield, Lord Middlesex.