The politics of trade
Subtitle: the overseas merchant in state and society, 1660-1720
By: Perry Gauci.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Merchants -- England -- Political activity; Merchants -- England -- Social conditions -- 17th century; Merchants -- England -- Social conditions -- 18th century; York (England) -- Politics and government; London (England) -- Politics and government; Liverpool (England) -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: THE MERCANTILE CITY; title: i. Sampling the London elite; title: ii. Merchant distribution in the City; title: iii. Topography and City association; title: iv. Fluidity and stability within the City; title: v. Provincial parallels BUSINESS AND PUBLIC LIFE; title: i. The background and training of the City merchant; title: ii. Independence and association: office-holding in the City; title: iii. Status as an urban phenomenon; title: iv. Provincial parallels MERCANTILE ASSOCIATION AND COMMERCIAL; title: POLITICS; title: i The formal organization of overseas trade; title: ii. The unregulated trades; title: iii. The livery companies; title: iv. Provincial parallels THE MERCHANT, POLITICS, AND THE PRESS; title: i. The mercantile press; title: ii. The press and the profession; title: iii. The histories of trade; title: iv. The representation of commerce; title: THE MERCHANT AND PARLIAMENT; title: i. Merchant representation at Westminster; title: ii. Parliament and the representation of overseas trade; title: iii. Parliament and the passage of commercial legislation THE POLITICS OF TRADE: THE FRENCH; title: COMMERCE BILL OF 1713; title: i. Origins and novelties; title: ii. The rage of party and the politicization of trade; title: iii. The great vote and trade on the hustings; title: iv. Consequences and recrimination 1713-1714.