Merchants [ Commerce ]
… of the merchant. Sociability was an important element of mercantile culture, because a good reputation and good social networks were integral to a merchant’s credit and financial dealings. People > Commerce Mots-clés Commerce Merchants … 16 A merchant’s credit concerned his ability to manage capital but was based on commercial connections forged through networks, reputations, and friendships, where estimations of a person’s honour could be made. Making good social … they received in return. Empires were managed at a distance and ‘companies were commonwealths constructed by the social networks of their members’. 18 From the Royal Exchange to West African factories, the trading world was bound together …
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