Capital and Credit in British Overseas Trade

Jacob M. Price

Published by Harvard University Press 1980

Capital and Credit in British Overseas Trade

The View from the Chesapeake, 1700–1776

Jacob M. Price

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674435025

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
CAPITAL AND CREDIT IN BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Problem of Debt Viewed from the Chesapeake Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
3. Capitalization of Merchant Firms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
4. Borrowing on Bond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
5. Borrowing from Banks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
6. Commercial Credit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
7. The Significance of Credit and the Financial Crisis of 1772 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
8. The Implications for British Industrial and Commercial Development Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
Appendixes Notes Bibliography Index
Appendix A. Markups and Profit Margins in the Chesapeake Trade Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Appendix B. Capitalization of Glasgow Chesapeake Firms between 1740 and 1789 (in Sterling) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
Appendix C. Document on Credit and the Cargo Trade Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Select Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 233
Illustrations
- Tables: 11
- Other: 11 tables
Keywords: 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)

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674435025

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1980
ISBN: 9780674435018