Business Culture in the British Atlantic, 1750-1815
by
Sheryllynne Haggerty
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
In 1780 Richard Sheridan noted that merchants worked 'merely for money'. However, rather than being a criticism, this was recognition of the important commercial role that merchants played in the British empire at this time. Of course, merchants desired and often made profits, but they were strictly...