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Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600 - 1900

Stephen R. Bown

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Commerce meets conquest in this swashbuckling story of the six merchant-adventurers who built the modern world, as told by Steven Bown, .Canada's Simon Winchester. .

Through the Age of Heroic Commerce, from the 17th to the 19th centuries, a rogue's gallery of larger-than-life merchant kings ruled vast tracts of the globe and expanded their far-flung monopolies to generate revenue for their shareholders, feather their own nests and satisfy their vanity and curiosity. Their exploits changed the world during an age of unfettered globalization, mirroring a world we know today.

Merchant Kings
looks at each ruling monopoly through its greatest merchant king and considers their stories together for the first time.

Language: English

Pages: 314

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre

Release: May 13, 2022

ISBN: 1553653424

ISBN 13: 9781553653424

Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600 - 1900

Stephen R. Bown

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Commerce meets conquest in this swashbuckling story of the six merchant-adventurers who built the modern world, as told by Steven Bown, .Canada's Simon Winchester. .

Through the Age of Heroic Commerce, from the 17th to the 19th centuries, a rogue's gallery of larger-than-life merchant kings ruled vast tracts of the globe and expanded their far-flung monopolies to generate revenue for their shareholders, feather their own nests and satisfy their vanity and curiosity. Their exploits changed the world during an age of unfettered globalization, mirroring a world we know today.

Merchant Kings
looks at each ruling monopoly through its greatest merchant king and considers their stories together for the first time.

Language: English

Pages: 314

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre

Release: May 13, 2022

ISBN: 1553653424

ISBN 13: 9781553653424

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