Drawing on an impressive range of archival material, this monograph delves into the careers of two businessmen who worked for Nordic chartered monopoly trading
In the early modern period, trade became a truly global phenomenon. The logistics, financial and organizational complexity associated with it increased in order
From its dramatic expansion in the early nineteenth century to its decline in the late 1930s, salt production in Zigong was one of the largest and only indigeno
In the early modern period, trade became a truly global phenomenon. The logistics, financial and organizational complexity associated with it increased in order