the Afghan merchants of Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe. It contests one-sided images that depict traders from this …, rather, the active role these merchants play in an ever-more globalised political economy. Afghan merchants, the author …, trading activities and everyday experiences of these mobile merchants, Magnus Marsden shows that traders' worlds are informed …

"In the century following Elizabeth I's rise to the throne, English trade blossomed as thousands of merchants launched … ventures across the globe. Through the efforts of these "mere merchants," England developed from a peripheral power on the … and Arkhangelsk to Benin.0Edmond Smith traces the lives of English merchants from their earliest steps into business to …

fundamentally reshaped the way economic processes have been interpreted and understood. In Trade and Nation, Emily Erikson brings … merchants created an opening for public argumentation over economic matters. Independent merchants, who were excluded from state … institutions and vast areas of trade, confronted the power and influence of crown-endorsed chartered companies. Their distance from …