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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hanser, Jessica (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Temas:
HISTORY > Modern > 18th Century.
Commerce
Great Britain > Commerce > China.
China > Commerce > Great Britain.
China
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • George Smith timelines
  • Introduction
  • 1. Tea and finance
  • 2. George Smith of Madras
  • 3. George Smith of Canton
  • 4. Financial crisis
  • 5. George Smith of Bombay and the Lady Hughes affair
  • 6. Mission to China
  • Epilogue : The legacies of the three George Smiths
  • Eighteenth-century currency equivalents.

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