Mr. Smith goes to China : three Scots in the making of Britain's global empire
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Mr. Smith goes to China : three Scots in the making of Britain's global empire
Yale University Press, c2019
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Three Scots in the making of Britain's global empire
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-226) and index
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An illuminating account of global commerce in the eighteenth-century Indian Ocean world as seen through the lives of three Scottish traders
This book delves into the lives of three Scottish private traders-George Smith of Bombay, George Smith of Canton, and George Smith of Madras-and uses them as lenses through which to explore the inner workings of Britain's imperial expansion and global network of trade, revealing how an unstable credit system and a financial crisis ultimately led to greater British intervention in India and China.
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