ISBN:
9781003274261
,
1003274269
,
9781000994360
,
1000994368
,
9781000994315
,
1000994317
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource
Serie:
Routledge research in early modern history
DDC:
305.8916/2044714409033
Schlagwort(e):
Irish History 18th century
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HISTORY / General
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Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France) Social conditions 18th century
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Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France) Ethnic relations 18th century
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History
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Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France) Commerce 18th century
;
History
;
Ireland Relations
;
France Relations
Kurzfassung:
"The Irish in Eighteenth-Century Bordeaux is a collection of ten essays by internationally known scholars of Irish, British, French, and Atlantic History that covers the entire period in which there was a substantial Irish colony in Bordeaux (1689-1815). Among the topics discussed are the growth and decline of the community and the reasons for both, the daily lives and assimilation of the Irish in Bordeaux, the numerous activities, and institutions in which the Irish were involved, and the patterns of trade and the major commodities that were traded. This volume argues that the Irish community in Bordeaux was a product of contingent factors including religious bigotry and war, but mostly because of commercial and educational opportunities that were not available in Ireland itself. This confessionally-mixed Irish community made remarkable contributions to Atlantic, European, and global production, consumption, and trade, especially with Bordeaux wine. The book will enlarge, complicate, and challenge our understanding of the eighteenth-century European and Atlantic worlds. Students and scholars who are interested in early modern immigrant and trading communities; the impact of religious tolerance and intolerance, the development of international trade networks, and the production and meaning of commodities, will find it invaluable"--...
DOI:
10.4324/9781003274261
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003274261
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