Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0859767256
ISBN-13
9780859767255
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
John Donald Publishers Ltd
Imprint
John Donald Publishers Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 20th, 2024
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
304 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.70 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
HistorySocial & cultural historyArchaeologyEconomic historyCigars & smoking
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In the eighteenth century, Glasgow and its outports became the dominant force in the highly lucrative tobacco commerce from the Americas to Europe. This prize-winning book explains why such remarkable success came about against fierce international competition. First published in 1975 this book is still considered the seminal work on the subject.
In the eighteenth century, Glasgow and its outports became the dominant force in the highly lucrative tobacco commerce from the Americas to Europe.
This prize-winning book explains why such remarkable success came about against fierce international competition, provides a detailed assessment of the merchant community which made it possible and analyses the close relationship between the tobacco business and the Scottish pathway to a new industrial society. The Tobacco Lords also fully demonstrates the decisive impact of these Scottish traders on the plantation economy and society of colonial North America in general and Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina in particular.
First published in 1975 this pioneering book was acclaimed by reviewers and is still considered the seminal work on the subject.
This prize-winning book explains why such remarkable success came about against fierce international competition, provides a detailed assessment of the merchant community which made it possible and analyses the close relationship between the tobacco business and the Scottish pathway to a new industrial society. The Tobacco Lords also fully demonstrates the decisive impact of these Scottish traders on the plantation economy and society of colonial North America in general and Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina in particular.
First published in 1975 this pioneering book was acclaimed by reviewers and is still considered the seminal work on the subject.
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