04429nam 22007452 450 991082639830332120231206203659.01-78138-713-31-78138-891-11-84631-772-X(CKB)2670000000177958(EBL)1591002(SSID)ssj0000678349(PQKBManifestationID)11414969(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678349(PQKBWorkID)10699618(PQKB)10855313(UkCbUP)CR9781846317729(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127173(UkCbUP)CR9781781387139(Au-PeEL)EBL867098(CaPaEBR)ebr10562062(CaONFJC)MIL877994(OCoLC)793510856(Au-PeEL)EBL1591002(OCoLC)867929479(MiAaPQ)EBC867098(EXLCZ)99267000000017795820120528d2012|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier'Merely for money'? business culture in the British Atlantic, 1750-1815 /Sheryllynne Haggerty[electronic resource]Liverpool :Liverpool University Press,2012.1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Eighteenth-century worldsTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).1-78138-010-4 1-84631-817-3 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.1. Space, Place and People -- 2. Risk -- 3. Trust -- 4. Reputation -- 5. Obligation -- 6. Networks -- 7. Crises.In 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 perceived and dealt with one another and managed their businesses. Merchants were able to take risks and build trust, but concerns about reputation and fulfilling obligations constrained economic opportunism. By relating these themes to an array of primary sources from ports around the British-Atlantic world, this book provides a more nuanced understanding of business culture during this period. A theme which runs throughout the book is the mercantile community as a whole and its relationship with the state. This was an important element in the British business culture of this period, although this relationship came under stress towards the end of period, forming a crisis in itself. This book argues that the business culture of the British-Atlantic mercantile community not only facilitated the conduct of day-to-day business, but also helped it to cope with short-term crises and long-term changes. This facilitated the success of the British-Atlantic economy even within the context of changing geo-politics and an under-institutionalised environment. Not working ‘merely for money’ was a successful business model.Eighteenth-century worlds.MerchantsGreat BritainHistory18th centuryMerchantsGreat BritainHistory19th centuryInternational tradeHistory18th centuryInternational tradeHistory19th centuryGreat BritainCommerceNorth Atlantic RegionHistory18th centuryGreat BritainCommerceNorth Atlantic RegionHistory19th centuryGreat BritainEconomic conditions18th centuryGreat BritainEconomic conditions19th centuryMerchantsHistoryMerchantsHistoryInternational tradeHistoryInternational tradeHistory382.094109033Haggerty Sheryllynne1668826UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910826398303321Merely for money'4029689UNINA01682nam0 22003251i 450 UON0023367620231205103514.41620030730d2001 |0itac50 baspaIT||||0 |||||ˆIl ‰paradosso tra letteratura e potere nella Spagna dei secoli XVI e XVII, Napoli, 2-3 dicembre 1999coordinato da Pierre Civil, Giuseppe Grilli, Augustin RedondoNapoliIstituto Universitario Orientale. Dipartimento di Studi Letterari e Linguistici dell'Occidente2001276 p.24 cm.001UON001772382001 Istituto Universitario OrientaleDipartimento di Studi Letterari e Linguistici dell'Occidente. Collana di Letterature Comparate3CONGRESSI E CONVEGNINapoli1999UONC058870FILetteratura spagnolaStoriaSec. 16.-17.UONC057909FIPARADOSSO NELLA LETTERATURA SPAGNOLAUONC051899FIITNapoliUONL000012860.09Letteratura spagnola. Storia, descrizione, studio critico21CIVILPierreUONV141623GRILLIGiuseppeUONV111503REDONDOAugustinUONV111733L'Orientale EditriceUONV265432650ITSOL20251107RICASIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOUONSIUON00233676SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOSI SPA III 0403 SI LO 68056 5 0403 Paradosso tra letteratura e potere nella Spagna dei secoli XVI e XVII, Napoli, 2-3 dicembre 19991232852UNIOR