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London
Robert K. Batchelor
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Hardcover. If one had looked for a potential global city in Europe in the 1540s, the most likely candidate would have been Antwerp. Using his discovery of a network of Chinese merchant shipping routes on John Selden's map of China, the author reveals how London also flourished because of its encounters, engagements, and exchanges with East Asian cities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; 3JD; RGC; RGV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
If one had looked for a potential global city in Europe in the 1540s, the most likely candidate would have been Antwerp, which had emerged as the center of the German and Spanish silver exchange as well as the Portuguese spice and Spanish sugar trades. It almost certainly would not have been London, an unassuming hub of the wool and cloth trade with a population of around 75,000, still trying to recover from the onslaught of the Black Plague. But by 1700 London's population had reached a staggering 575,000-and it had developed its first global corporations, as well as relationships ... Read more
If one had looked for a potential global city in Europe in the 1540s, the most likely candidate would have been Antwerp, which had emerged as the center of the German and Spanish silver exchange as well as the Portuguese spice and Spanish sugar trades. It almost certainly would not have been London, an unassuming hub of the wool and cloth trade with a population of around 75,000, still trying to recover from the onslaught of the Black Plague. But by 1700 London's population had reached a staggering 575,000-and it had developed its first global corporations, as well as relationships ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226080659
SKU
V9780226080659
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About Robert K. Batchelor
Robert K. Batchelor is associate professor of history at Georgia Southern University.
Reviews for London
"In the course of a tumultuous seventeenth century, London changed from an energetic newcomer on the fringes of old Europe to a global center of trade, power, and interactive knowledge. In a work of amazing erudition and ambition, Robert K. Batchelor shows how new forms of organization and knowledge of more Asian histories and languages shaped this transformation." -John E. ... Read more