Parker, John, 1923-2006.
Minneapolis : Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1978.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-236) and index.
- James Ford Bell and his books — A chronicle of beginnings: Portuguese trade in Africa in the fifteenth century — Where’s the money coming from?: the role of the bankers in the beginnings of European expansion — Tobacco, conqueror of the world: the migration of a popular product — The Indian Ocean’s web of trade: Europe’s intrusion into a complex commercial scene — Following the beaver: the Canadian fur trade — Willem Usselinx, promoter of trading companies: Dutch and Swedish beginnings of America — A battle of boos: sea law and commerce in the seventeenth century — Siam’s revolution of 1688: European rivalry and Siamese nationalism — Failure at Darien: a Scottish effort at colonization — John Law and the Mississippi conglomerate: a colorful banker and his plans — Linnaeus and the transplanters: the study of nature around the world — The indigo cycle: production and use of a favorite dye — The impeachment trial of Warren Hastings: problems of the English East India company in India — A Latin essay at Cambridge, 1785: the struggle to end the slave trade.
- St. Catherine Library’s circulating copy autographed by author.
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