Merchants [ Commerce ]
… sections of society. 11 Merchants were central to these social, economic and cultural changes. In an edition of The Spectator , Joseph Addison discussed how global commerce; or rather ‘traffic’ as many contemporaries called it, enriched … of what is useful, and at the same time supplies us with everything that is convenient and ornamental. 12 12 . The Spectator, Issue n° 69, May 19, 1711. Merchants were the agents that facilitated the globalisation of British society. … commerce’, Journal of British Studies (vol. 44, n o . 3, 2005), p. 439-456. In the DIGIT.EN.S Anthology The Spectator, No. 69 (19 May 1711) … Beyond the shared activity of trading, merchants belonged to a broad occupational …
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