Trade, Politics, and Revolution
South Carolina and Britain's Atlantic Commerce, 1730–1790
by Huw David
Description
London’s “Carolina traders,” a little-known group of transatlantic merchants, played a pivotal but historically neglected role in the rise of tensions in the South Carolina lowcountry. In Trade, Politics, and Revolution, Huw David delves into the lives of these men and explores their influence on commerce and politics in the years before and after the American Revolution. By focusing on one segment of transatlantic trade, David provides a new interpretive approach to imperialism and exposes the complex, deeply personal rift that divided the Carolina traders from their homeland and broke the colonies from the mother country.
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Winner, the 2018 South Carolina Historical Society's George C. Rogers Jr. Award for best book of South Carolina history
“This is a highly readable history of the creation, and then the demise, of political economic relations between colonial South Carolina and London… both exciting and original.”—Emma Hart, University of St. Andrews
Author Biography
Huw David holds a Ph.D. in history from Lincoln College, Oxford. His doctoral thesis was awarded the 2015 Hines Prize by the College of Charleston for the best first manuscript relating to the Carolina lowcountry and the Atlantic world. He is the Wolfson College Development Director.
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- Publisher University of South Carolina Press
- Publication Date November 2018
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781611178944 / 1611178944
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 59.99 USD
- Pages288
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- EditionFirst
- Copyright Year2018
- Dimensions9X6 inches
- Illustration19 b&w halftones
- SeriesCarolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World
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