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082 0 4 _a382.0941
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aFinucane, Adrian
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Temptations of Trade :
_bBritain, Spain, and the Struggle for Empire /
_cAdrian Finucane.
264 1 _aPhiladelphia :
_bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,
_c[2016]
264 4 _c©2016
300 _a1 online resource (224 p.) :
_b5 illus.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aThe Early Modern Americas
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_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
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _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.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650 0 _aImperialism.
650 0 _aSlave trade
_zGreat Britain.
650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775).
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653 _aAmerican History.
653 _aAmerican Studies.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.9783/9780812292756
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812292756
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999 _c199074
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