Trade and Trust in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World - Spanish Merchants and Their Overseas Networks

Shows how merchants sought to minimise losses by forging strong bonds of interpersonal trust amongst a range of employees, partners, and clients.

List of contents

Introduction
Bilbao merchants
Basque ship captains and seamen
Trading with Peru
Long distance communications
Merchants and networks
Confidentiality
Risk and competition

About the author

Xabier Lamikiz

Product details

• Authors: Xabier Lamikiz
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2013
• EAN: 9781843838449
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-844-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 322 g
• Series: Royal Historical Society Studi; Royal Historical Society Studi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy