{"product_id":"the-forgotten-majority-margrit-schulte-beerbhl-9781782384472","title":"The Forgotten Majority: German Merchants in London, Naturalization, and Global Trade, 1660-1815","description":"\u003cp\u003e The \"forgotten majority\" of German merchants in London between the end of the Hanseatic League and the end of the Napoleonic Wars became the largest mercantile Christian immigrant group in the eighteenth century. Using previously neglected and little used evidence, this book assesses the causes of their migration, the establishment of their businesses in the capital, and the global reach of the enterprises. As the acquisition of British nationality was the admission ticket to Britain's commercial empire, it investigates the commercial function of British naturalization policy in the early modern period, while also considering the risks of failure and chance for a new beginning in a foreign environment. As more German merchants integrated into British commercial society, they contributed to London becoming the leading place of exchange between the European continent, Russia, and the New World.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margrit Schulte Beerb?l\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1782384472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782384472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Margrit Schulte Beerb?l","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45477144756479,"sku":"9781782384472","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01b1d841-3702-40ca-8e02-379eca485819.jpg?v=1715919177","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-forgotten-majority-margrit-schulte-beerbhl-9781782384472","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}