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Author Schulte Beerbühl, Margrit, author.

Title The forgotten majority : German merchants in London, naturalization, and global trade, 1660-1815 / Margrit Schulte Beerbühl ; translated by Cynthia Klohr.

Publication Info. New York : Berghahn Books, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Studies in British and imperial history ; 3
Studies in British and imperial history ; 3.
Note Translated from the German.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the Text -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Naturalizing Newcomers for Prosperity, 1660-1818 -- Chapter 2 -- Promoting Anglo-German Trade in the Seventeenth Century -- Chapter 3 -- Eighteenth-Century German Houses and Trade -- Chapter 4 -- German Merchants in the Levant and Russia Companies -- Chapter 5 -- Boom and Bankruptcy -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Historical Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary The "forgotten majority" of German merchants in London between the end of the Hanseatic League and the end of the Napoleonic Wars became the largest mercantile Christian immigrant group in the eighteenth century. Using previously neglected and little used evidence, this book assesses the causes of their migration, the establishment of their businesses in the capital, and the global reach of the enterprises. As the acquisition of British nationality was the admission ticket to Britain's commercial empire, it investigates the commercial function of British naturalization policy in the early modern period, while also considering the risks of failure and chance for a new beginning in a foreign environment. As more German merchants integrated into British commercial society, they contributed to London becoming the leading place of exchange between the European continent, Russia, and the New World.
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Subject Merchants -- England -- London -- History.
Merchants.
England -- London.
History.
Germans -- England -- London -- History.
Germans.
Naturalization -- Great Britain -- History.
Naturalization.
Great Britain.
International trade -- History.
International trade.
Germany -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- History.
Germany.
Commerce.
Great Britain -- Commerce -- Germany -- History.
London (England) -- Economic conditions.
London (England) -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Klohr, Cynthia, 1954- translator.
Added Title Deutsche Kaufleute in London. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014049903
Other Form: Print version: 9781782384472
ISBN 9781782384489 (electronic book)
1782384480 (electronic book)
9781782384472 hardback