Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
The lives of three Scottish private traders--George Smith of Bombay, George Smith of Canton, and George Smith of Madras--offer insights into Britain's global network of trade and imperial expansion in the late eighteenth century, especially in India and China.