{"product_id":"the-forgotten-majority-german-merchants-in-london-naturalization-and-global-trade-1660-1815-9781782384472","title":"The Forgotten Majority: German Merchants in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe “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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is undoubtedly an important piece of work. It brings together a wide range of archival data and secondary material (in both English and German) to provide an innovative and incisive analysis of the role of nationalized German-born merchants in London between the mid-seventeenth century and the end of the Napoleonic Wars….[It] represents an important contribution to existing scholarship relating to the rise of British trading interests and the development of London as the focal point for international trade, commerce, and banking.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Robert Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Liverpool\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Without question, Margrit Schulte Beerbühl’s work is a pathbreaking contribution to the study of international (or transnational) merchant networks.”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndreas Fahrmeir\u003c\/strong\u003e, Goethe University\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e “This is an extremely important book…It helps us to reinterpret British economic growth and trade…gives a deep rooting to those interested in the migration of those with middle class backgrounds to Britain today…points to the longevity and the fundamental importance of migration in British history…[and] is also a highly original contribution to the history of naturalization in Britain.”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePanikos Panayi\u003c\/strong\u003e, De Montfort University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e \tAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tSources and Outline\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNaturalizing Newcomers for Prosperity (1660-1818)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEarly Modern English Naturalization Law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNaturalized Subjects: Their Numbers and Native Lands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Occupations of German Immigrants who became English Subjects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. Furthering Anglo-German Trade in the Seventeenth Century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tReorganizing Anglo-German Trade during the 1600s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLondon’s German Merchants after 1660\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLack of Trust and Understanding: Challenges for Both Sides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGerman Merchant Trade in London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTrading Regions and Commodities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLate-Seventeenth-Century German Trade Networks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGerman Merchants and London Trade Companies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFighting Regulated Companies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolitics and Commerce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. Eighteenth-Century German Houses and Trade\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLondon’s German Trade Houses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t    Starting out in London: The Way to Independence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t    Trade Houses and Partners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tChain Migration, Successors, and Transnational Alliances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA German Perspective on the Development of Bilateral Trade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Rise and Organization of Early “Merchant Empires”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t    Connecting Colonial Empires\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEarly Merchant Empires – flexible and vulnerable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. German Merchants in the Levant and Russia Companies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBritish Trade with Russia and the Levant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNaturalized Merchants in the Levant Company\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNaturalized Merchants in the Russia Company\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Russia Company’s Struggle with Naturalization Practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNaturalized Citizens and the Russia Company’s Office in St. Petersburg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Bank of Scotland’s Right to Naturalize\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFavorable Markets and Bankruptcy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tInsurance and Trade at London’s German Trade Houses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLondon’s Early Insurance Business\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNetworking Europe with the Americas and Asia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Bankruptcy Trend and the Naturalized Subjects’ Bankruptcies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWaves of Bankruptcy during the Coalition Wars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Size of Failed Trade Houses during the Era of the Coalition Wars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t    Muilman \u0026amp; Nantes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t    Theophilus Blanckenhagen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t    Persent \u0026amp; Bodecker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t    Oom, Hoolboom, Knoblock \u0026amp; Co. and Hippius \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEstates of the Failed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCertificate of Conformity and Brokering Commodities: Starting all over\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCommodity Brokers and the Freedom of the City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tHistorical Sources\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042217132375,"sku":"9781782384472","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782384472.jpg?v=1750953483","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-forgotten-majority-german-merchants-in-london-naturalization-and-global-trade-1660-1815-9781782384472","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}