Between Empires

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-16768-1
Verlag: de Gruyter Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: The Atlantic World

This study examines the wholesale trade in sugar from Brazil to markets in Europe. The principal market was northwestern Europe, but for much of the time between 1550 and 1630 Portugal was drawn into the conflict between Habsburg Spain and the Dutch Republic. In spite of political obstacles, the trade persisted because it was not subject to monopolies and was relatively lightly regulated and taxed. The investment structure was highly international, as Portugal and northwestern Europe exchanged communities of merchants who were mobile and inter-imperial in both their composition and organization. This conclusion challenges an imperial or mercantilist perspective of the Atlantic economy in its earliest phases.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ebert, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps, Tables and Figures
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements

1. Introduction
2. Portuguese Trade with Northwestern Europe
3. Sugar, Institutions and Politics
4. Merchants and Merchant Networks
5. The Cost of Shipping
6. Transactions and Risk Management
7. Illegal Trade
8. Supply, Demand, Prices and Profi tability

Conclusion

Appendix A. The Transatlantic System: Ports and Routes in Brazil, Portugal and the Atlantic Islands
Appendix B. Portugal and the Dutch Republic in Baltic Trade
Appendix C. Freight Charges

Bibliography and Sources
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher Ebert, PhD (2004) in History, Columbia University, is Assistant Professor of history at Brooklyn College, CUNY. He has published on trade between colonial Brazil and the Dutch Republic and continues to research early Atlantic societies and economies.