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Capital and Credit in British Overseas Trade : The View from the Chesapeake, 1700–1776 /

Price, Jacob M.

Capital and Credit in British Overseas Trade : The View from the Chesapeake, 1700–1776 / Jacob M. Price. - Reprint 2014 - 1 online resource (233 p.) : 11 tables

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- CAPITAL AND CREDIT IN BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Problem of Debt Viewed from the Chesapeake -- 3. Capitalization of Merchant Firms -- 4. Borrowing on Bond -- 5. Borrowing from Banks -- 6. Commercial Credit -- 7. The Significance of Credit and the Financial Crisis of 1772 -- 8. The Implications for British Industrial and Commercial Development -- Appendixes Notes Bibliography Index -- Appendix A. Markups and Profit Margins in the Chesapeake Trade -- Appendix B. Capitalization of Glasgow Chesapeake Firms between 1740 and 1789 (in Sterling) -- Appendix C. Document on Credit and the Cargo Trade -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780674435018 9780674435025

10.4159/harvard.9780674435025 doi


Buitenlandse handel.
Capital--History--Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)--18th century.
Capital--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Credit--History--Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)--18th century.
Credit--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Handel.
Investeringen.
Tabak.
Wirtschaft.
Capital -- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) -- History.
Credit -- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) -- History.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Commerce -- History.
HISTORY / General.
HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775).
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Commerce.

HC110.C3 / P75

332/.041/0975518