Bristol and the Birth of the Atlantic Economy, 1500-1700

by Richard Stone

Analyses data from the Bristol Port Books to rewrite the history of trade in Bristol, including the city's early involvement with the slave trade.

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were a transformative period for global commerce, with the principal focus of England's trade shifting away from trade with Europe, primarily in woollen cloth, to a new Atlantic system, with trade in a diverse range of commodities. Based on the fantastically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1837650535
• ISBN13: 9781837650538
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"