Merchants and Revolution: Commercial Change, Political Conflict, and London’s Overseas Traders, 1550–1653

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Merchants and Revolution: Commercial Change, Political Conflict, and London’s Overseas Traders, 1550–1653 is a landmark historical study by Robert Brenner that analyzes how transformations in London’s merchant community shaped and were shaped by the political upheavals leading up to and during the English Revolution.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
historical study ⓘ
academicDiscipline British history ⓘ
early modern history ⓘ
history ⓘ
author Robert Brenner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
examines how political upheavals affected London’s merchant community ⓘ
how transformations in London’s merchant community shaped political upheavals ⓘ
focusesOn English overseas trade ⓘ
London’s overseas traders ⓘ
relationship between commerce and politics ⓘ
genre economic history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
social history ⓘ
hasAuthorialPerspective emphasis on class conflict in political change ⓘ
emphasis on social property relations ⓘ
hasReputation landmark study of merchants and the English Revolution ⓘ
historicalEventContext English Civil War ⓘ
English Revolution ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
historicalPeriod early modern England ⓘ
influencedField early modern economic history ⓘ
historiography of capitalism ⓘ
studies of the English Revolution ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject English Revolution ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War

London merchants ⓘ
commercial change ⓘ
political conflict ⓘ
notableFor detailed analysis of London’s trading companies and merchant groups ⓘ
linking commercial change to political revolution in 17th-century England ⓘ
placeOfPublication Cambridge ⓘ
New York ⓘ
publicationCentury 20th century ⓘ
publisher Cambridge University Press ⓘ
relatedConcept development of English commercial capitalism ⓘ
transition from feudalism to capitalism ⓘ
relatedWork The Brenner Debate ⓘ
linked to: Brenner debate
spatialCoverage London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
targetAudience graduate students ⓘ
historians ⓘ
scholars of early modern Europe ⓘ
temporalCoverage 1550–1653 ⓘ
theoreticalOrientation Marxist historiography ⓘ
class analysis ⓘ

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Robert Brenner → notableWork → Merchants and Revolution: Commercial Change, Political Conflict, and London’s Overseas Traders, 1550–1653 ⓘ
Robert Brenner → notableWork → Merchants and Revolution: Commercial Change, Political Conflict, and London’s Overseas Traders, 1550–1653 ⓘ