So Great a Proffit

How the East Indies Trade Transformed Anglo-American Capitalism

James R. Fichter

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$45.50 • £36.95 • €41.00

ISBN 9780674050570

Publication Date: 05/31/2010

Short

400 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

1 map, 9 charts, 6 tables

World

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James R. Fichter is Assistant Professor of History, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

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Honorable Mention, 2011 Ralph Gomory Prize, Business History Conference of the American Historical Association and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

2009 Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize, Harvard University Press

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