{"product_id":"rseh-28-letterb-greg-cunningham-ctb-9780197262191","title":"Rseh 28: Letterb Greg\u0026cunningham Ctb","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas M. Truxes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: British Academy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: British Academy\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Economic History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence from the most successful Irish-American trading firm of the colonial period forms a remarkable archive for economic historians of the eighteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an edition of a letterbook that contains the first nine months of correspondence from this New York trading house. The letters to commercial contacts throughout the North Atlantic region offer a vivid picture of the transatlantic economy. And the private communications of Waddell Cunningham to his partner, Thomas Greg in Belfast, allow a rare behind-the-scenes look at the management and operation of an overseas merchant house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuided by Professor Truxes's authoritative introduction, we can see in these letters the difficulties of decision-making over long distances, the problems of over-stretched resources, and the impact of the Seven Years War on the evolution of a vigorous enterprise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"British Academy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47892322156695,"sku":"9780197262191","price":12908.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780197262191.webp?v=1781186466","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rseh-28-letterb-greg-cunningham-ctb-9780197262191","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}