Lisa Sturm-Lind received her Ph.D. in 2014 from the European-University Viadrina Frankfurt /Oder, Germany. Her research interests are global economic and social history and globalization in the early modern period.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsMerchant BiographiesIntroductionGlobalization in HistoryThe Merchants of the StudyGlobal HistorySynopsis1 A Global Merchant ClassSelf-Made Businessmen Merchant Networks 2 Global Entrepreneurs The East Indies Trade Indian Ocean Trade Networks Commodities Spanning a Net of Trade around the World—The Routes of the Ships Washington, America, and Sampson Trade with Europe The West Indies Trade The Haitian Revolution Commercial Politics 3 Local Spaces New York City after Independence Land Development Finance and Industry Community Leadership Commercialization A World of Goods Conclusion Bibliography Index

Lisa Sturm-Lind received her Ph.D. in 2014 from the European-University Viadrina Frankfurt /Oder, Germany. Her research interests are global economic and social history and globalization in the early modern period.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsMerchant BiographiesIntroductionGlobalization in HistoryThe Merchants of the StudyGlobal HistorySynopsis1 A Global Merchant ClassSelf-Made Businessmen Merchant Networks 2 Global Entrepreneurs The East Indies Trade Indian Ocean Trade Networks Commodities Spanning a Net of Trade around the World—The Routes of the Ships Washington, America, and Sampson Trade with Europe The West Indies Trade The Haitian Revolution Commercial Politics 3 Local Spaces New York City after Independence Land Development Finance and Industry Community Leadership Commercialization A World of Goods Conclusion Bibliography Index

Lisa Sturm-Lind received her Ph.D. in 2014 from the European-University Viadrina Frankfurt /Oder, Germany. Her research interests are global economic and social history and globalization in the early modern period.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsMerchant BiographiesIntroductionGlobalization in HistoryThe Merchants of the StudyGlobal HistorySynopsis1 A Global Merchant ClassSelf-Made Businessmen Merchant Networks 2 Global Entrepreneurs The East Indies Trade Indian Ocean Trade Networks Commodities Spanning a Net of Trade around the World—The Routes of the Ships Washington, America, and Sampson Trade with Europe The West Indies Trade The Haitian Revolution Commercial Politics 3 Local Spaces New York City after Independence Land Development Finance and Industry Community Leadership Commercialization A World of Goods Conclusion Bibliography Index