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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Mustafa, Sam A. |
| Title, Analytic | Merchant culture in Germany and America in the late-eighteenth century |
| Journal Title | Yearbook of German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 1999 |
| Volume ID | 34 |
| Location in Work | 113-132 |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| ISSN | 0741-2827 |
| Abstract | The remarkable number of social, economic, and political similarities between German and American businessmen formed the bases for the earliest German-American commercial and diplomatic relationships. In the last two decades of the eighteenth century, commerce rapidly developed between the merchant houses of the Hanseatic cities of Bremen and Hamburg and their American counterparts in cities like Boston, New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. This blossoming business was not simply the result of capitalist impulses, but was nurtured by a striking cultural similarity that acted as a catalyst for trade, and transcended linguistic and national differences. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Business & Industry/ Relations, Germany-US/ 18th century |