The English Gentleman in Trade: The Life and Works of Sir Dudley North 1641-1691

By Richard Grassby

In a pre-industrial economy dominated by small family firms, economic growth could not have occurred without the skill, persistence, and initiative of individual businessmen like Sir Dudley North....

Kinship and Capitalism

By Richard Grassby

Evolution and Pollution

By A. D. Bradshaw

The Business Community of Seventeenth-Century England

By Richard Grassby

This uniquely comprehensive study explores all aspects of the English business community as it developed between 1590 and 1720. Drawing on largely untapped records of private firms as well as on i...

Kinship and Capitalism

By Richard Grassby

"This study reconstructs the public and private lives of urban business families during the period of England's emergence as a world economic power. Using a broad cross section of archival, rather...

The Business Community of Seventeenth Century England

By Richard Grassby

Ship, sea & sky

By Richard B. Grassby

The Idea of Capitalism Before the Industrial Revolution

By Richard Grassby

The Idea of Capitalism Before the Industrial Revolution

By Richard Grassby

Business Community of Seventeenth Century England

By Richard Grassby