Essays in the Economic History of the Atlantic World

Written by one of the leading authorities on trade and finance in the early modern Atlantic world, these fourteen essays, revised and integrated for this volume, share as their common theme the development of the Atlantic economy.

Table des matières

Figures. Tables. Abbreviations. Introduction 1. Guides to Primary Sources for the History of Early British America 2. The Wine Price and Medieval Mercantile Shipping 3. The Tonnage of Ships Engaged in British Colonial Trade during the Eighteenth Century 4. Weights and Measures in the Colonial Sugar Trade: The Gallon and the Pound and Their International Equivalents 5. The Rate of Exchange on Amsterdam in London, 1590-1660 6. The Italian Business Press in Early Modern Europe 7. The Business Press in England before 1775

A propos de l'auteur

John McCusker

Résumé

Written by one of the leading authorities on trade and finance in the early modern Atlantic world, these fourteen essays, revised and integrated for this volume, share as their common theme the development of the Atlantic economy.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: John McCusker, McCusker John
• Edition: Taylor and Francis
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 02.10.1997
• EAN: 9780415168410
• ISBN: 978-0-415-16841-0
• Pages: 450
• Poids: 680 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Thème: Routledge Studies in International Economic and Social History
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Général, dictionnaires; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Economic history, United States of America, USA, Caribbean Sea