Wirta, Kaarle,
Early modern overseas trade and entrepreneurship : Nordic trading companies in the seventeenth century / Kaarle Wirta. - 1 online resource (204 pages) : maps. - Perspectives in economic and social history ; 60 .
"Drawing on an impressive range of archival material, this monograph delves into the careers of two businessmen who worked for Nordic chartered monopoly trading companies to illuminate individual entrepreneurship in the context of seventeenth-century long-distance trade. The study spans the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, examining global entanglements through personal interactions and daily trading activities between Europeans, Asian merchants and African brokers. It makes an important contribution to our understanding of the role of individuals and their networks within the great European trading companies of the early modern period. This unique book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers of economic history, business history, early modern global history and entrepreneurship"--
9780429319068 0429319061 9781000079067 1000079066 9781000079029 1000079023 9781000079043 100007904X
Entrepreneurship--History--Scandinavia--17th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General
Scandinavia--Commerce--History--17th century.
HF3640 / .W57 2021eb
382.0948
Early modern overseas trade and entrepreneurship : Nordic trading companies in the seventeenth century / Kaarle Wirta. - 1 online resource (204 pages) : maps. - Perspectives in economic and social history ; 60 .
"Drawing on an impressive range of archival material, this monograph delves into the careers of two businessmen who worked for Nordic chartered monopoly trading companies to illuminate individual entrepreneurship in the context of seventeenth-century long-distance trade. The study spans the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, examining global entanglements through personal interactions and daily trading activities between Europeans, Asian merchants and African brokers. It makes an important contribution to our understanding of the role of individuals and their networks within the great European trading companies of the early modern period. This unique book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers of economic history, business history, early modern global history and entrepreneurship"--
9780429319068 0429319061 9781000079067 1000079066 9781000079029 1000079023 9781000079043 100007904X
Entrepreneurship--History--Scandinavia--17th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General
Scandinavia--Commerce--History--17th century.
HF3640 / .W57 2021eb
382.0948