| The Culture of Commerce in England, 1660-1720 Contributor(s): Glaisyer, Natasha (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843836483 ISBN-13: 9781843836483 Publisher: Boydell Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - General - Business & Economics | Economic History - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 382.094 |
| Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.73 lbs) 230 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England - the period between the Restoration and the South Sea Bubble - was dramatically transformed by the massive cost of fighting wars, and, significantly, a huge increase in the re-export trade. This book seeks to ask how commerce was legitimated, promoted, fashioned, defined and understood in this period of spectacular commercial and financial "revolution". It examines the packaging and portrayal of commerce, and of commercial knowledge, positioning itself between studies of merchant culture on the one hand and of the commercialisation of society on the other. It focuses on four main areas: the Royal Exchange where the London trading community gathered; sermons preached before mercantile audiences; periodicals and newspapers concerned with trade; and commercial didactic literature. Dr NATASHA GLAISYER teaches in the Department of History at the University of York. |
