Corsairs of Saint-Malo - Network Organization of a Merchant Elite Under the Ancien Regime

Henning Hillmann examines the merchant community of Saint-Malo, Brittany, a key port in the French Atlantic economy, to shed light on the local networks that linked commerce and conflict in early modern Europe. He combines rich descriptions of privateering campaigns with quantitative network analysis of partnership ties over more than a century.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Saint-Malo in the French Atlantic Economy
3. Social Sources of Economic Growth
4. The Course: Its Origins and Organization
5. Returns to Privateering
6. Dynamics of Partnership Networks
7. The Rise of New Men
8. The Coming of the Revolution
Appendix Tables
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Henning Hillmann is professor of economic and organizational sociology at the University of Mannheim.

Summary

Henning Hillmann examines the merchant community of Saint-Malo, Brittany, a key port in the French Atlantic economy, to shed light on the local networks that linked commerce and conflict in early modern Europe. He combines rich descriptions of privateering campaigns with quantitative network analysis of partnership ties over more than a century.

Additional text

I can definitely recommend adding it to your reading list. Hillman offers a captivating sociological take on over 100 years of conflict, trade, and personal fortune with this enjoyable study.

Product details

• Authors: Henning Hillman, Henning Hillmann
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9780231180399
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18039-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: The Middle Range Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology