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Bristol and the Birth of the Atlantic Economy, 1500-1700 by Richard Stone (2024, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBoydell & Brewer, The Limited

ISBN-101837650535

ISBN-139781837650538

eBay Product ID (ePID)9064608454

Product Key Features

Number of Pages268 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBristol and the Birth of the Atlantic Economy, 1500-1700

Publication Year2024

SubjectEconomic History, Commerce, Europe / Great Britain / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBusiness & Economics, History

AuthorRichard Stone

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight17.1 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal382.0942393

Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. The Rise of the Atlantic Economy 2. Ireland: Beyond 'The First "Colonial" Trade' 3. A 'Quest' for New Markets? 4. Bristol's 'American Revolution': Tobacco and Sugar 5. Exports 6. Servants and Slaves Conclusion Technical Appendix Bibliography Index

SynopsisAnalyses data from the Bristol Port Books to rewrite the history of trade in Bristol, including the city's early involvement with the slave trade. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were a transformative period for global commerce, with the principal focus of England's trade shifting away from trade with Europe, primarily in woollen cloth, to a new Atlantic system, with trade in a diverse range of commodities. Based on the fantastically detailed Bristol Port Books, previously thought impenetrable, and using new computer technology to analyse the vast amount of data, this book provides the first long duration history of a major Atlantic port in this period. It rewrites the history of Bristol's trade, overturning much established thinking, for example showing that trade flourished in the late Tudor and early Stuart period, demonstrating that Bristol was involved in the slave trade much earlier than was previously thought and charting the growth of commerce with North America and the Caribbean from nothing to three quarters of Bristol's imports in the short period from the 1630s to the 1650s. Overall, the book represents a major contribution to understanding how the Atlantic economy worked and how it developed in this crucial period., Analyses data from the Bristol Port Books to rewrite the history of trade in Bristol, including the city's early involvement with the slave trade.

LC Classification NumberHF3520.B7S7 2024