So Great a Proffit How the East Indies Trade Transformed Anglo American Capitalism 1st Edition by James R Fichter ISBN 0674050576 9780674050570
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ISBN 10: 0674050576
ISBN 13: 9780674050570
Author: James R Fichter
In a work of sweep and ambition, James Fichter explores how American trade proved pivotal to the evolution of capitalism in the United States and helped to shape the course of the British Empire.
Before the American Revolution, colonial merchants were part of a trading network that spanned the globe. After 1783, U.S. merchants began trading in the East Indies independently, creating a new class of investor-capitalists and the first generation of American millionaires. Such wealth was startling in a country where, a generation earlier, the most prosperous Americans had been Southern planters. This mercantile elite brought its experience and affluence to other sectors of the economy, helping to concentrate capital and create wealth, and paving the way for the modern business corporation.
Conducted on free trade principles, American trade in Asia was so extensive that it undermined the monopoly of the British East India Company and forced Britain to open its own free trade to Asia. The United States and the British Empire thus converged around shared, Anglo-American free-trade ideals and financial capitalism in Asia. American traders also provided a vital link to the Atlantic world for Dutch Java and French Mauritius, and were at the vanguard of Western contact with Polynesia and the Pacific Northwest.
Based on an impressive array of sources from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States, this pathbreaking book revolutionizes our understanding of the early American economy in a global context and the relationship between the young nation and its former colonial master.
So Great a Proffit How the East Indies Trade Transformed Anglo American Capitalism 1st Table of contents:
Chapter 1: The Origins of the East Indies Trade
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Early trade networks
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The rise of the East India Companies
Chapter 2: Mercantile Capitalism and the Expansion of Commerce
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Capital accumulation
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Role of joint-stock companies
Chapter 3: The Anglo-Dutch Rivalry
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Competition for trade dominance
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Impact on economic policy
Chapter 4: Financing the Trade: Credit and Investment
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Development of financial instruments
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Investors and shareholders
Chapter 5: The Role of the East Indies Trade in Capital Formation
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Wealth generation
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Reinvestment strategies
Chapter 6: The Transformation of Anglo-American Business Practices
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Management innovations
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Accounting and record-keeping
Chapter 7: The Impact on Colonial Economies
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Economic integration
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Effects on local societies
Chapter 8: Political and Legal Frameworks Supporting Trade
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Regulatory institutions
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Legal challenges and resolutions
Chapter 9: The Decline and Legacy of the East Indies Trade
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Shifts in global trade
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Long-term economic consequences
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