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 NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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 NERFINISHED
English Revolution NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod early modern England
influencedField early modern economic history
historiography of capitalism
studies of the English Revolution
language English
mainSubject English Revolution NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
New York NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 20th century
publisher Cambridge University Press
relatedConcept development of English commercial capitalism
transition from feudalism to capitalism
relatedWork The Brenner Debate NERFINISHED
spatialCoverage London NERFINISHED
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