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Mr. Smith goes to China : three Scots in the making of Britain's global empire /
An illuminating account of global commerce in the eighteenth-century Indian Ocean world as seen through the lives of three Scottish traders This book delves into the lives of three Scottish private traders--George Smith of Bombay, George Smith of Canton, and George Smith of Madras--and uses them as...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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