Merchants and Revolution: Commercial Change, Political Conflict, and London's Overseas Traders, 1550-1653

ISBN: 1859843336

Author: Brenner, Robert

Condition: Used

Merchants and Revolution examines the activities of Londons merchant community during the early Stuart period. Proposing a new understanding of long-term commercial change, Robert Brenner explains the factors behind the opening of long-distance commerce to the south and east, describing how the great City merchants wielded power to exploit emerging business opportunities, and he profiles the new colonial traders, who became the chief architects of the Commonwealths dynamic commercial policy.