Gordon E. Bannerman

Merchants and the Military in Eighteenth-Century Britain

British Army Contracts and Domestic Supply, 1739-1763

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Investigates the contract sector of the British Army during the long eighteenth century. This book argues that this group of financiers, private merchants, businessmen and farmers represented a vital interest group which was at the nexus of the fiscal-military structure. It draws on papers from the War Office, the Treasury and the Audit Office.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781138663619
• ISBN-10: 1138663611
• Artikelnr.: 44946386

Autorenporträt

Gordon E. Bannerman

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Supply System of the British Army from the Seventeenth Century; Chapter 2 The Growth of Army Contracting; Chapter 3 Procedures and Patronage; Chapter 4 Administration of Encampment Contracts in England, 1740-62; Chapter 5 Performance of Encampment Contracts; Chapter 6 A Domestic Contractor: John Willan; Chapter 7 Domestic Supply and Contracting in Scotland, 1746-62; Chapter 8 Profit and Wealth; conclusion Conclusion;