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MERCHANT KINGS
When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900
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. (Globe and Mail).
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.
Stephen R. Bown is the author of many critically acclaimed, award winning titles including most recently, Last Viking (D&M, 2012) which was named amongst the Globe and Mail Best 100 Books of the Year.
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.
Stephen R. Bown is the author of many critically acclaimed, award winning titles including most recently, Last Viking (D&M, 2012) which was named amongst the Globe and Mail Best 100 Books of the Year.
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Published 2009-08-01 by Douglas & McIntyre |