Coastal Trade and Maritime Communities in Elizabethan England

Name: Coastal Trade and Maritime Communities in Elizabethan England
Brand: Boydell Press
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By Leanna Brinkley

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This book is the first modern analysis of the coasting trade in Elizabethan England. Drawing on a significant body of evidence, including evidence from the port books of Bristol, Southampton and Hull, as well as from a much broader array of early modern sources, it reconstructs both coastal trading patterns and the lives of the merchants, mariners and craftspeople that underpinned them. While Bristol, Hull and Southampton represent the primary case study ports, a much broader geographical range is explored, providing new insights into not just the trade routes, markets, commodities and ships on which this key element of England's maritime economy rested, but also into the men (and few women) who plied coastal trade routes, exploring their socio-economic status, social and political networks, and maritime business strategies. It analyses the linkages between merchants, shipmasters, and ships, discusses merchants' business practices, including their approach to risk, and shows how this shaped the early modern shipping industry. In presenting evidence in an engaging and easily digestible way, and making use of social network analysis, the book makes clear the complexities of coastal trader networks, and the business acumen of coastal traders. While scholarly work hitherto has focused overly on overseas traders, this book corrects the imbalance, revealing in detail the complex commercial and personal lives that coastal traders lived during this pivotal period in England's maritime and commercial expansion.
Leanna Brinkley completed her doctorate at the University of Southampton.

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Number of Pages:: 260
Release Date:: 2024-08-06
Publication Date:: 2024-08-06
Publisher:: Boydell Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1837651884
ISBN13:: 9781837651887
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 558 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 19 cm

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