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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: THE MERCANTILE CITY -- i. Sampling the London elite -- ii. Merchant distribution in the City -- iii. Topography and City association -- iv. Fluidity and stability within the City -- v. Provincial parallels BUSINESS AND PUBLIC LIFE -- i. The background and training of the City merchant -- ii. Independence and association: office-holding in the City -- iii. Status as an urban phenomenon -- iv. Provincial parallels MERCANTILE ASSOCIATION AND COMMERCIAL -- POLITICS -- i The formal organization of overseas trade -- ii. The unregulated trades -- iii. The livery companies -- iv. Provincial parallels THE MERCHANT, POLITICS, AND THE PRESS -- i. The mercantile press -- ii. The press and the profession -- iii. The histories of trade -- iv. The representation of commerce -- THE MERCHANT AND PARLIAMENT -- i. Merchant representation at Westminster -- ii. Parliament and the representation of overseas trade -- iii. Parliament and the passage of commercial legislation THE POLITICS OF TRADE: THE FRENCH -- COMMERCE BILL OF 1713 -- i. Origins and novelties -- ii. The rage of party and the politicization of trade -- iii. The great vote and trade on the hustings -- iv. Consequences and recrimination 1713-1714. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2001269880 |
| ISBN | 0199241937 |
