LEADER 04366nam 2200709 450 001 9910798296103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8122-9275-8 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812292756 035 $a(CKB)3710000000614341 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001649303 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16422742 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001649303 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14975142 035 $a(PQKB)10795172 035 $a(OCoLC)944310636 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse52847 035 $a(DE-B1597)469686 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812292756 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4540258 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11372441 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL902790 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4540258 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000614341 100 $a20170426h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe temptations of trade $eBritain, Spain, and the struggle for empire /$fAdrian Finucane 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (212 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aEarly Modern Americas 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-8122-4812-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPrologue: Before the Asiento --$tChapter 1. Britain Hopes for the ?Riches of America,? 1713?1716 --$tChapter 2. The Stuttering Success of the Early Trade, 1717?1728 --$tChapter 3. ?Unjust Depredations? and Growing Tensions, 1729?1738 --$tChapter 4. The End of the British Asiento, 1739?1748 --$tEpilogue: Beyond the Asiento --$tList of Abbreviations --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aThe British and the Spanish had long been in conflict, often clashing over politics, trade, and religion. But in the early decades of the eighteenth century, these empires signed an asiento agreement granting the British South Sea Company a monopoly on the slave trade in the Spanish Atlantic, opening up a world of uneasy collaboration. British agents of the Company moved to cities in the Caribbean and West Indies, where they braved the unforgiving tropical climate and hostile religious environment in order to trade slaves, manufactured goods, and contraband with Spanish colonists. In the process, British merchants developed relationships with the Spanish?both professional and, at times, personal. The Temptations of Trade traces the development of these complicated relationships in the context of the centuries-long imperial rivalry between Spain and Britain. Many British Merchants, in developing personal ties to the Spanish, were able to collect potentially damaging information about Spanish imperial trade, military defenses, and internal conflict. British agents juggled personal friendships with national affiliation?and, at the same time, developed a network of illicit trade, contraband, and piracy extending beyond the legal reach of the British South Sea Company and often at the Company's direct expense. Ultimately, the very smuggling through which these empires unwittingly supported each other led to the resumption of Anglo-Spanish conflict, as both empires cracked down on the actions of traders within the colonies. The Temptations of Trade reveals the difficulties of colonizing regions far from strict imperial control, where the actions of individuals could both connect empires and drive them to war. 410 0$aEarly modern Americas. 606 $aImperialism 606 $aSlave trade$zGreat Britain 606 $aHISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)$2bisacsh 607 $aGreat Britain$xCommerce$zAmerica$xHistory 607 $aAmerica$xCommerce$zGreat Britain$xHistory 607 $aSpain$xCommerce$zAmerica$xHistory 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aSlave trade 615 7$aHISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775). 676 $a382.0941 686 $aNW 3200$2rvk 700 $aFinucane$b Adrian$01464545 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798296103321 996 $aThe temptations of trade$93674235 997 $aUNINA