Crisis and Resilience in the Bristol-West India Sugar Trade, 1783-1802
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Crisis and Resilience in the Bristol-West India Sugar Trade, 1783-1802
Buckles, Peter
Liverpool University Press
01/2026
232
Mole
Inglês
9781836244738
15 a 20 dias
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Frontmatter
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Sugar and Bristol in 1783
The structure of the book
Knowledge, Networks, and the Crisis of Sugar Production in the West Indies
New challenges
Networks of knowledge
Merchants and plantation labour
Issues with management
Food and scarcity in the islands
Slavery and the threat of abolition Merchants and the production process Conclusion
Merchant-shipowners and the Crisis of Shipping in the Bristol-West India Trade
The challenges facing merchant-shipowners
The challenges of warfare
The convoy system
Convoys and the seasonality of shipping
Convoys and communications
Convoys and delays
Convoys and insurance
Conclusion
Merchants, Brokers, and the Structure of the Bristol Sugar Market
The size and structure of Bristol's sugar market
The volume and value of sugar imports into Bristol, 1784-1801
Bristol's sugar importers
The separation of roles and confidence in the sugar market
The mechanisms of the sugar market
Demand
Supply
Bristol's relationship with other markets
Conclusion
Crisis, Disruption, and Uncertainty in Bristol's Sugar Market
The return to peace and the threat of war
Bristol and the collapse of the European sugar economy
War in Europe and the West Indies
The crisis of overproduction in the West Indies
Conclusion
4.Creditors, Debtors, and Caution in Times of Crisis
The tools of the trade
The hazards of lending
Caution in times of crisis
The problems of debt recovery
An effective screening process
Conclusion
Conclusion
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Sugar and Bristol in 1783
The structure of the book
Knowledge, Networks, and the Crisis of Sugar Production in the West Indies
New challenges
Networks of knowledge
Merchants and plantation labour
Issues with management
Food and scarcity in the islands
Slavery and the threat of abolition Merchants and the production process Conclusion
Merchant-shipowners and the Crisis of Shipping in the Bristol-West India Trade
The challenges facing merchant-shipowners
The challenges of warfare
The convoy system
Convoys and the seasonality of shipping
Convoys and communications
Convoys and delays
Convoys and insurance
Conclusion
Merchants, Brokers, and the Structure of the Bristol Sugar Market
The size and structure of Bristol's sugar market
The volume and value of sugar imports into Bristol, 1784-1801
Bristol's sugar importers
The separation of roles and confidence in the sugar market
The mechanisms of the sugar market
Demand
Supply
Bristol's relationship with other markets
Conclusion
Crisis, Disruption, and Uncertainty in Bristol's Sugar Market
The return to peace and the threat of war
Bristol and the collapse of the European sugar economy
War in Europe and the West Indies
The crisis of overproduction in the West Indies
Conclusion
4.Creditors, Debtors, and Caution in Times of Crisis
The tools of the trade
The hazards of lending
Caution in times of crisis
The problems of debt recovery
An effective screening process
Conclusion
Conclusion
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Sugar trade, Merchants, Networks, Slavery, War
Frontmatter
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Sugar and Bristol in 1783
The structure of the book
Knowledge, Networks, and the Crisis of Sugar Production in the West Indies
New challenges
Networks of knowledge
Merchants and plantation labour
Issues with management
Food and scarcity in the islands
Slavery and the threat of abolition Merchants and the production process Conclusion
Merchant-shipowners and the Crisis of Shipping in the Bristol-West India Trade
The challenges facing merchant-shipowners
The challenges of warfare
The convoy system
Convoys and the seasonality of shipping
Convoys and communications
Convoys and delays
Convoys and insurance
Conclusion
Merchants, Brokers, and the Structure of the Bristol Sugar Market
The size and structure of Bristol's sugar market
The volume and value of sugar imports into Bristol, 1784-1801
Bristol's sugar importers
The separation of roles and confidence in the sugar market
The mechanisms of the sugar market
Demand
Supply
Bristol's relationship with other markets
Conclusion
Crisis, Disruption, and Uncertainty in Bristol's Sugar Market
The return to peace and the threat of war
Bristol and the collapse of the European sugar economy
War in Europe and the West Indies
The crisis of overproduction in the West Indies
Conclusion
4.Creditors, Debtors, and Caution in Times of Crisis
The tools of the trade
The hazards of lending
Caution in times of crisis
The problems of debt recovery
An effective screening process
Conclusion
Conclusion
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Sugar and Bristol in 1783
The structure of the book
Knowledge, Networks, and the Crisis of Sugar Production in the West Indies
New challenges
Networks of knowledge
Merchants and plantation labour
Issues with management
Food and scarcity in the islands
Slavery and the threat of abolition Merchants and the production process Conclusion
Merchant-shipowners and the Crisis of Shipping in the Bristol-West India Trade
The challenges facing merchant-shipowners
The challenges of warfare
The convoy system
Convoys and the seasonality of shipping
Convoys and communications
Convoys and delays
Convoys and insurance
Conclusion
Merchants, Brokers, and the Structure of the Bristol Sugar Market
The size and structure of Bristol's sugar market
The volume and value of sugar imports into Bristol, 1784-1801
Bristol's sugar importers
The separation of roles and confidence in the sugar market
The mechanisms of the sugar market
Demand
Supply
Bristol's relationship with other markets
Conclusion
Crisis, Disruption, and Uncertainty in Bristol's Sugar Market
The return to peace and the threat of war
Bristol and the collapse of the European sugar economy
War in Europe and the West Indies
The crisis of overproduction in the West Indies
Conclusion
4.Creditors, Debtors, and Caution in Times of Crisis
The tools of the trade
The hazards of lending
Caution in times of crisis
The problems of debt recovery
An effective screening process
Conclusion
Conclusion
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