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Author Fichter, James R.

Title So great a proffit : how the East Indies trade transformed Anglo-American capitalism / James R. Fichter.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Revolution -- America sails East -- Commerce in a world at war -- America's re-export boom -- Merchant millionaires -- Beyond the British empire -- The India trade -- America's China and Pacific trade -- Death of the India monopoly -- American capital and corporations.
Summary James Fichter explores how American trade proved pivotal to the evolution of capitalism in the United States and helped to shape the course of the British Empire. --From publisher's description.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject United States -- Commerce -- Asia.
United States.
Commerce.
Asia.
Asia -- Commerce -- United States.
United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Great Britain.
International economic relations.
Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.
Capitalism -- United States -- History.
Capitalism.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Fichter, James R. So great a proffit. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010 9780674050570 (DLC) 2009050549 (OCoLC)456169992
ISBN 9780674056329 (electronic book)
0674056329 (electronic book)
9780674050570
0674050576