British Discovery Literature and the Rise of Global Commerce
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British Discovery Literature and the Rise of Global Commerce

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British Discovery Literature and the Rise of Global Commerce

About this book

British Discovery Literature and the Rise of Global Commerce examines how, between 1680 and 1800, British maritime travellers became both friends and foes of the commercial state. These nomadic characters report on remote parts of the globe in the twin contexts of an increasingly powerful imperial state and an emerging world economy. Examining voyage narratives by William Dampler, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Tobias Smollett, Samuel Johnson, James Cook, and William Bligh, Neill demonstrates how the transformation of travellers from nomadic outlaws into civil subjects, and vice versa, takes place against the political-economic backdrop of commercial expansion.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. British Discovery Literature and the Rise of Global Commerce
  3. Contents
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. 1 Introduction: Commerce, Society and the Sea Voyage
  7. 2 Buccaneer Ethnography: Nature, Culture and State in the Journals of William Dampier
  8. 3 International Trade and Individual Enterprise: Defoe’s Maritime Adventurers
  9. 4 Swift and the Geographers: Race, Space and Merchant Capital in Gulliver’s Travels
  10. 5 Roderick Random, Rasselas and the Currents of Fancy
  11. 6 South Seas Trade and the Character of Captains
  12. 7 Conclusion: Global Commerce and Homelessness
  13. Notes
  14. References
  15. Index