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Research paper thumbnail of Fleuves, Rivières Et Colonies: La France Et Ses Empires (XVIIe-XXe Siècle)

Research paper thumbnail of Commercial Practices at the Margins of the Merchant Economy

Research paper thumbnail of Textile Cultures in the Early Modern World

Research paper thumbnail of Review Of "Selling Empire: India In The Making Of Britain And America, 1600–1830" By J. Eacott

Research paper thumbnail of Review Of "European Approaches To North America, 1450-1640" By D. B. Quinn

Research paper thumbnail of Cloth and the Emergence of the Atlantic Economy

University of South Carolina Press eBooks, May 21, 2020

The growth of the Atlantic economy should be one of the great themes of early modern history. But... more The growth of the Atlantic economy should be one of the great themes of early modern history. But the actual emergence and precise contours of that economy are difficult to discern. The data that reveal the increasing dynamism and commercial importance of the Atlantic basin were generated within empires constituted by and centered on European metropoles,' and up to the present, scholarship has largely remained within and mirrored those imperial bound aries. As a result, it is difficult to discern when (if at all) and the extent to which an economy rather than an aggregate of economies formed in the Atlantic basin. Is it, in fact, correct to speak of an Atlantic economy, or should we refer to the English imperial Atlantic economy, the French Atlantic economy, the Dutch, and so forth.? One way to try to answer this question is to look at goods consumed within the Atlantic world. If an Atlantic economy was coming into existence, we would expect that the process of material standardization that Timothy Breen has proposed for eighteenth-century British North America would obtain more widely.^ Is that what happened.? Did European expansion issue in common Atlantic consumption patterns.? Or was the fact that New World colonies were established by distinct European nations reflected in diverse colonial or imperial material cultures.? The Atlantic-even just the North Atlantic-covers a large space, and even in the early modern period the commodity flows were substantial. So in order to get a handle on them, and on the larger issue, this chapter concentrates on imported cloth in four cities in continental British and French North America and their more and less distant market areas, together with brief comparisons with England and France. It employs primary data bearing on (and for the most part still housed in) Montreal, Philadelphia, Charleston, and New Orleans and their commercial hinterlands. Each of these cities was a leading center in its empire and its region, trading with Native Americans, African Americans, and European Americans alike to export staples and supply necessary imports. This essay encompasses the period from the late seventeenth century to the 1760s/70s, a time when, scholars hold, the most rapid and major changes in con sumption occurred, adding up, in some accounts, to a consumer revolution.^ The

Research paper thumbnail of Review Of "The Rise And Decline Of Urban Industries In Italy And In The Low Countries (Late Middle Ages-Early Modern Times)" Edited By H. Van Der Wee

Research paper thumbnail of Review Of "The Rise Of Merchant Empires: Long Distance Trade In The Early Modern World, 1350-1750" Edited By J. D. Tracy

Research paper thumbnail of 4. “A Few Shreds of Rough Linen” and “a Certain Degree of Elegance”

Amsterdam University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Class and Class-Consciousness in Western European Cities, 1400–1650

Radical History Review, 1975

Research paper thumbnail of Was There a Consumer Revolution in Eighteenth-Century New France?

French Colonial History, 2002

Research paper thumbnail of The Partial Transition to World-Systems Analysis in Early Modern European History

Radical History Review, Oct 1, 1987

Research paper thumbnail of Holland under Habsburg Rule, 1506-1566. The Formation of a Body Politic

The Sixteenth century journal, 1991

Research paper thumbnail of Les pauvres et le pouvoir: Assistance et le pouvoir: Assistance et repression au pays de Liege, 1685-1830

The American Historical Review, Feb 1, 1985

Research paper thumbnail of New Netherland Connections. Intimate Networks and Atlantic Ties in Seventeenth-Century America by Susanah Shaw Romney

Enterprise and Society, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Life in Renaissance France. Lucien Febvre

The Journal of Modern History, Dec 1, 1978

Research paper thumbnail of Capital Formations

Routledge eBooks, Apr 8, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: The Long Sixteenth Century

Research paper thumbnail of Commerce, Capital, Consumption

Seventeenth-century troubles spared no form of commerce, though intercontinental trade was least ... more Seventeenth-century troubles spared no form of commerce, though intercontinental trade was least afflicted and for the shortest time. Already in the 1640s Asian routes began to recover, Atlantic a decade later. By about 1700 revival was general, including within Europe. Established products were central to renascent trade. Many, however, now came from new areas: the Caribbean replaced Brazil as premier sugar supplier, while Brazil became the world’s preeminent source of gold; Scotland, Ireland, and Silesia turned into important linens exporters. Novel items (such as potatoes, maize, tomatoes, and cotton textiles) were introduced or metamorphosed from curiosity to commonplace.

Research paper thumbnail of Cary Carson. Face Value: The Consumer Revolution and the Colonizing of America. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017. xvi+281 pp.; 31 black-and-white illustrations, notes, illustration credits, index. $29.50 (paper)

Winterthur Portfolio, Mar 1, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Fleuves, Rivières Et Colonies: La France Et Ses Empires (XVIIe-XXe Siècle)

Research paper thumbnail of Commercial Practices at the Margins of the Merchant Economy

Research paper thumbnail of Textile Cultures in the Early Modern World

Research paper thumbnail of Review Of "Selling Empire: India In The Making Of Britain And America, 1600–1830" By J. Eacott

Research paper thumbnail of Review Of "European Approaches To North America, 1450-1640" By D. B. Quinn

Research paper thumbnail of Cloth and the Emergence of the Atlantic Economy

University of South Carolina Press eBooks, May 21, 2020

The growth of the Atlantic economy should be one of the great themes of early modern history. But... more The growth of the Atlantic economy should be one of the great themes of early modern history. But the actual emergence and precise contours of that economy are difficult to discern. The data that reveal the increasing dynamism and commercial importance of the Atlantic basin were generated within empires constituted by and centered on European metropoles,' and up to the present, scholarship has largely remained within and mirrored those imperial bound aries. As a result, it is difficult to discern when (if at all) and the extent to which an economy rather than an aggregate of economies formed in the Atlantic basin. Is it, in fact, correct to speak of an Atlantic economy, or should we refer to the English imperial Atlantic economy, the French Atlantic economy, the Dutch, and so forth.? One way to try to answer this question is to look at goods consumed within the Atlantic world. If an Atlantic economy was coming into existence, we would expect that the process of material standardization that Timothy Breen has proposed for eighteenth-century British North America would obtain more widely.^ Is that what happened.? Did European expansion issue in common Atlantic consumption patterns.? Or was the fact that New World colonies were established by distinct European nations reflected in diverse colonial or imperial material cultures.? The Atlantic-even just the North Atlantic-covers a large space, and even in the early modern period the commodity flows were substantial. So in order to get a handle on them, and on the larger issue, this chapter concentrates on imported cloth in four cities in continental British and French North America and their more and less distant market areas, together with brief comparisons with England and France. It employs primary data bearing on (and for the most part still housed in) Montreal, Philadelphia, Charleston, and New Orleans and their commercial hinterlands. Each of these cities was a leading center in its empire and its region, trading with Native Americans, African Americans, and European Americans alike to export staples and supply necessary imports. This essay encompasses the period from the late seventeenth century to the 1760s/70s, a time when, scholars hold, the most rapid and major changes in con sumption occurred, adding up, in some accounts, to a consumer revolution.^ The

Research paper thumbnail of Review Of "The Rise And Decline Of Urban Industries In Italy And In The Low Countries (Late Middle Ages-Early Modern Times)" Edited By H. Van Der Wee

Research paper thumbnail of Review Of "The Rise Of Merchant Empires: Long Distance Trade In The Early Modern World, 1350-1750" Edited By J. D. Tracy

Research paper thumbnail of 4. “A Few Shreds of Rough Linen” and “a Certain Degree of Elegance”

Amsterdam University Press eBooks, Dec 31, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Class and Class-Consciousness in Western European Cities, 1400–1650

Radical History Review, 1975

Research paper thumbnail of Was There a Consumer Revolution in Eighteenth-Century New France?

French Colonial History, 2002

Research paper thumbnail of The Partial Transition to World-Systems Analysis in Early Modern European History

Radical History Review, Oct 1, 1987

Research paper thumbnail of Holland under Habsburg Rule, 1506-1566. The Formation of a Body Politic

The Sixteenth century journal, 1991

Research paper thumbnail of Les pauvres et le pouvoir: Assistance et le pouvoir: Assistance et repression au pays de Liege, 1685-1830

The American Historical Review, Feb 1, 1985

Research paper thumbnail of New Netherland Connections. Intimate Networks and Atlantic Ties in Seventeenth-Century America by Susanah Shaw Romney

Enterprise and Society, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Life in Renaissance France. Lucien Febvre

The Journal of Modern History, Dec 1, 1978

Research paper thumbnail of Capital Formations

Routledge eBooks, Apr 8, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: The Long Sixteenth Century

Research paper thumbnail of Commerce, Capital, Consumption

Seventeenth-century troubles spared no form of commerce, though intercontinental trade was least ... more Seventeenth-century troubles spared no form of commerce, though intercontinental trade was least afflicted and for the shortest time. Already in the 1640s Asian routes began to recover, Atlantic a decade later. By about 1700 revival was general, including within Europe. Established products were central to renascent trade. Many, however, now came from new areas: the Caribbean replaced Brazil as premier sugar supplier, while Brazil became the world’s preeminent source of gold; Scotland, Ireland, and Silesia turned into important linens exporters. Novel items (such as potatoes, maize, tomatoes, and cotton textiles) were introduced or metamorphosed from curiosity to commonplace.

Research paper thumbnail of Cary Carson. Face Value: The Consumer Revolution and the Colonizing of America. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017. xvi+281 pp.; 31 black-and-white illustrations, notes, illustration credits, index. $29.50 (paper)

Winterthur Portfolio, Mar 1, 2018