So Great a Proffit /

So Great a Proffit / / James R. Fichter.

In a work of sweep and ambition, James Fichter explores how American trade proved pivotal to the evolution of capitalism in the United States and helped to shape the course of the British Empire. Before the American Revolution, colonial merchants were part of a trading network that spanned the globe...

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Fichter, James R.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012]
©2010
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • chapter one. Revolution
  • chapter two. America Sails East
  • chapter three. Commerce in a World at War
  • chapter four. America's Re- export Boom
  • chapter five. Merchant Millionaires
  • chapter six. Beyond the British Empire
  • chapter seven. The India Trade
  • chapter eight. America's China and Pacific Trade
  • chapter nine. Death of the India Monopoly
  • chapter ten. American Capital and Corporations
  • Conclusion
  • Archival. Sources. Abbreviations. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index
  • Archival Sources
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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