{"product_id":"the-tobacco-lords-tom-m-devine-9780859767255","title":"The Tobacco Lords: Scotland and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic","description":"In the eighteenth century, Glasgow and its outports became the dominant force in the highly lucrative tobacco commerce from the Americas to Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis prize-winning book explains why such remarkable success came about against fierce international competition, provides a detailed assessment of the merchant community which made it possible and analyses the close relationship between the tobacco business and the Scottish pathway to a new industrial society. The Tobacco Lords also fully demonstrates the decisive impact of these Scottish traders on the plantation economy and society of colonial North America in general and Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina in particular.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1975 this pioneering book was acclaimed by reviewers and is still considered the seminal work on the subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom M. Devine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0859767256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780859767255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e John Donald Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Tom M. Devine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489409650943,"sku":"9780859767255","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee0a77e7-1d7d-48e7-afb7-f1a29f4bf85f.jpg?v=1736953472","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tobacco-lords-tom-m-devine-9780859767255","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}