Mr. Smith goes to China : three Scots in the making of Britain's global empire
by
Hanser, Jessica.
Title
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Mr. Smith goes to China : three Scots in the making of Britain's global empire
Three Scots in the making of Britain's global empire.
Author
:
Hanser, Jessica.
ISBN
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9780300236088
Personal Author
:
Hanser, Jessica.
Publication Information
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New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2019.
Physical Description
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xiii, 240 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
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George Smith timelines -- Introduction -- 1. Tea and finance -- 2. George Smith of Madras -- 3. George Smith of Canton -- 4. Financial crisis -- 5. George Smith of Bombay and the 'Lady Hughes' affair -- 6. Mission to China -- Epilogue : The legacies of the three George Smiths -- Eighteenth-century currency equivalents.
Abstract
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"An illuminating account of global commerce in the eighteenth-century Indian Ocean world as seen through the lives of three Scottish traders. This book delves into the lives of three Scottish private traders--George Smith of Bombay, George Smith of Canton, and George Smith of Madras--and uses them as lenses through which to explore the inner workings of Britain's imperial expansion and global network of trade, revealing how an unstable credit system and a financial crisis ultimately led to greater British intervention in India and China."--Back cover.
Personal Subject
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Smith, George, approximately 1720-1791.
Smith, George, 1737-1790.
Smith, George, approximately 1746-1808.
Subject Term
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Merchants -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Geographic Term
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Great Britain -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 18th century.
China -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Great Britain -- Commerce -- India -- History -- 18th century.
India -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Portion Title
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Three Scots in the making of Britain's global empire.
Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-226) and index.
Field 805
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npmlib 10900655 10902056 (c. 2) HF3508 C5 H249 ysh
| Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type | Status |
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| NPM Library | HF3508 C5 H249 2019 | 10900655 | 1 | B | *二館西文書一區 |
| NPM Library | HF3508 C5 H249 2019 | 10902056 | 2 | B | Being transferred between libraries |