TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sturm-Lind,Lisa
TI  - Actors of globalization: New York merchants in the global trade, 1784-1812 
T2  - Library of economic history,
SN  - 9789004356412
AV  - HF3163.N7 S78 2018
U1  - 382.09747/1 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Merchants
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - History
KW  - Business networks
KW  - International trade
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter -- -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A New Merchant Class -- Chapter 2: Global Entrepreneurs -- Chapter 3: Local Spaces -- Conclusion; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - The monograph Actors of Globalization portrays a group of New York businessmen engaged in global trade from 1784 to 1812. It follows their businesses around the world and shows how through wit, flexibility, and the help of a worldwide net of business partners the merchants were able to quickly rise to global entrepreneurs speculating on wars, food crises and slave revolts. The ramifications of their commerce were felt at home, where the merchants invested in land and city development, established new financial institutions and contributed to a rising consumer culture. This book brings together global and local history, arguing that private actors played an important role in the economic and social development of the young United States
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004356412
ER  -