1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBSOBE00077807

Titolo

18: Sante-Sped

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Roma], : La Biblioteca di Repubblica, 2003

Descrizione fisica

831 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796789403321

Autore

Sturm-Lind Lisa

Titolo

Actors of globalization : New York merchants in the global trade, 1784-1812 / / by Lisa Sturm-Lind

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

90-04-35641-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Library of Economic History, , 1977-3206 ; ; Volume 10

Disciplina

382.097471

Soggetti

Merchants - New York (State) - New York - History

Business networks - New York (State) - New York - History

International trade - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A New Merchant Class -- Chapter 2: Global Entrepreneurs -- Chapter 3: Local Spaces -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

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.