Actors of Globalization: New York Merchants in Global Trade, 1784-1812

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-34438-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 432 g

Reihe: Library of Economic History

The monograph Actors of Globalization portrays a group of New York businessmen engaged in global trade from 1784 to 1812. It follows their businesses around the world and shows how through wit, flexibility, and the help of a worldwide net of business partners the merchants were able to quickly rise to global entrepreneurs speculating on wars, food crises and slave revolts. The ramifications of their commerce were felt at home, where the merchants invested in land and city development, established new financial institutions and contributed to a rising consumer culture. This book brings together global and local history, arguing that private actors played an important role in the economic and social development of the young United States.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sturm-Lind, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Merchant Biographies

Introduction
Globalization in History
The Merchants of the Study
Global History
Synopsis

1 A Global Merchant Class
Self-Made Businessmen
Merchant Networks

2 Global Entrepreneurs
The East Indies Trade
Indian Ocean Trade Networks
Commodities
Spanning a Net of Trade around the World—The Routes of the Ships Washington, America, and Sampson
Trade with Europe
The West Indies Trade
The Haitian Revolution
Commercial Politics

3 Local Spaces
New York City after Independence
Land Development
Finance and Industry
Community Leadership
Commercialization
A World of Goods

Conclusion

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lisa Sturm-Lind received her Ph.D. in 2014 from the European-University Viadrina Frankfurt /Oder, Germany. Her research interests are global economic and social history and globalization in the early modern period.