Citizens of the World: London Merchants and the Integration of the British Atlantic Community, 1735 1785

About this book

Citizens of the World examines the business and social strategies of the men who developed the British empire in the eighteenth century. This book focuses on twenty-three London merchants who traded with America in an age of imperial expansion. These "associates" started their careers as marginal people, sought and took advantage of opportunities around the world, and approached their business and social lives with the improving ideals of the practical Enlightenment. This activity is placed in the context of the developing institutions of Britain's colonies in America and the social world of polite and industrious men and women at home.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780521629423

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published

September 13, 1997

Pages

504

Weight

24 oz

Subject

Business & Economics