'Glasgow colonial merchants and land, 1770-1815' in J T Ward & R G Wilson (eds), Land and Industry. The landed estate and the Industrial Revolution
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- Author(s) Devine, Thomas M
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1971
- Pages pp205-44
- Publisher David & Charles
- Place Published Newton Abbot
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the Glasgow colonial merchant community's landholdings, 1770-1815 - extent, location, methods of acquisition whether by purchase or marriage, socio-economic motives for acquisition, etc. Has substantial appendices - 'Landholdings by Glasgow colonial merchants, 1770-1815' and a listing of 'Glasgow colonial merchants, 1770-1815'