Tobacco in Atlantic Trade
The Chesapeake, London and Glasgow, 1675–1775
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:14th Dec '95
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This comprehensive study examines the tobacco trade's significance in shaping economic ties between Britain and America, as detailed in Tobacco in Atlantic Trade.
Before the American Revolution, tobacco emerged as the most valuable export of British North America, second only to sugar among British imports. Tobacco in Atlantic Trade delves into the intricate connections between the agrarian economy of the 17th and 18th centuries and the consumers of tobacco in the British Isles. This exploration highlights the significance of tobacco not only as a commodity but also as a catalyst for economic relationships across the Atlantic.
This volume is the first of three selected from the papers of Jacob M. Price and focuses on the Atlantic tobacco trade during the 18th century. Through detailed studies of individual firms such as Buchanan & Simson and Joshua Johnson, Tobacco in Atlantic Trade illustrates the complex business history of this commercial endeavor. Price's work provides essential insights into the scale and structure of the Chesapeake trade, contextualizing these firms within a broader economic framework.
Additionally, a previously unpublished paper included in this volume offers a contemporary perspective on the market dynamics of the colonial Chesapeake, examining the role of the slave economy and critiquing established historiography. This comprehensive study not only sheds light on the tobacco trade's historical significance but also emphasizes its lasting impact on the economic relationships between Britain and the emerging American economy.
'Of all the writings on the subject..the works of Jacob M. Price detailing the intricacies of the commercial connections between London, Glasgow, and the colonial Chesapeake clearly stand above the pile as this compendium of his essays attests...Scholars of the colonial economy and devotees of the Chesapeake School will find this handy collection useful...Price’s stature as one of the pioneers of United States economic history has long been assured, and this anthology would grace any historian’s bookshelf.' The Historian, Vol. 60, No. 3 regarding all three volumes by Price: 'All the essays in these three volumes bear the badge of Price’s scholarship. The research behind them is meticulous- broad in scope, profound in depth, complete...In these three volumes we have selections from the beginnings of a life’s work, a report from the first half-century, a hint of what is yet to come. They constitute a landmark of scholarship produced by the model scholar..' Economic History Review, Vol. LI 'The most distinguished historian of early modern British imperial overseas trade of this or any earlier generation, Jacob. M. Price has long been known as a historical essayist par excellence. Distinguished by their solidarity, careful and imaginative analysis of data, precision of argument, attention to context, and lucid prose style, his essays have served two generations of early modern British overseas historians as a model of what an essay should be and how it can shed new light upon a field. For that reason, as well as because of the defining importance of many of the essays in several areas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century imperial history, these three volumes of Price’s collected essays are an especially welcome addition to the proliferating literature on the early modern British world...one has to applaud the press for undertaking a project of this scope and scholarly importance.' The International History Review, Vol. XXI, No. 1
ISBN: 9780860785484
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 453g
330 pages