03188nam 2200709 a 450 991046159270332120200520144314.01-78138-713-31-78138-891-11-84631-772-X(CKB)2670000000177958(EBL)1591002(SSID)ssj0000678349(PQKBManifestationID)11414969(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678349(PQKBWorkID)10699618(PQKB)10855313(UkCbUP)CR9781846317729(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127173(MiAaPQ)EBC867098(UkCbUP)CR9781781387139(MiAaPQ)EBC1591002(Au-PeEL)EBL867098(CaPaEBR)ebr10562062(CaONFJC)MIL877994(OCoLC)793510856(Au-PeEL)EBL1591002(OCoLC)867929479(EXLCZ)99267000000017795820120607d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccr'Merely for money'?[electronic resource] business culture in the British Atlantic, 1750-1815 /Sheryllynne HaggertyLiverpool Liverpool University Press20121 online resource (696 p.)Eighteenth-century worldsDescription based upon print version of record.1-78138-010-4 1-84631-817-3 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Note on Textual Conventions; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Merely for Money?; 1 Space, Place and People; 2 Risk; 3 Trust; 4 Reputation; 5 Obligation; 6 Networks; 7 Crises; Conclusion: A British Business Culture; Bibliography; Notes; General Index; Index of ActorsIn 1780 Richard Sheridan noted that merchants worked 'merely for money'. However, rather than being a criticism, this was recognition of the important commercial role that merchants played in the British empire at this time. Of course, merchants desired and often made profits, but they were strictly bound by commonly-understood socio-cultural norms which formed a private-order institution of a robust business culture. In order to elucidate this business culture, this book examines the themes of risk, trust, reputation, obligation, networks and crises to demonstrate how contemporary merchants pEighteenth-century worlds.MerchantsGreat BritainHistory18th centuryInternational tradeHistory18th centuryGreat BritainCommerceHistory18th centuryGreat BritainEconomic conditions18th centuryElectronic books.MerchantsHistoryInternational tradeHistory382.0941Haggerty Sheryllynne1032091MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461592703321Merely for money'2449744UNINA