Fur, Fashion and Transatlantic Trade during the Seventeenth Century
Chesapeake Bay Native Hunters, Colonial Rivalries and London Merchants
This book explores the development of the fur trade in Chesapeake Bay during the seventeenth century, and the wide-ranging links that were formed in a new and extensive transatlantic chain of supply and consumption. It considers changing fashion in England, the growing demand for fur, at a time when the Russian fur trade was in decline, examines native North Americans and their trading and other exchanges with colonists, and explores the nature of colonialsociety, including the commercial ambitions of a varied range of investors. As such, it outlines the intense rivalry which existed between different colonies and colonial interests. Although…
Mehr
CHF 31.60
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-80010-076-3
- EAN: 9781800100763
- Produktnummer: 35862050
- Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
JOHN C. APPLEBY is a Senior Lecturer in History at Liverpool Hope University. He is the author of Women and English Piracy, (Boydell, 2013).
4 weitere Werke von John C. Appleby:
Bewertungen
Anmelden