111 India in the Making of Britain and America, 1700-1830

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 December 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Neither colonial North America nor the United States developed apart from the rest of the world. Since their founding, both the colonies and the United States have participated in the politics, economics, and cultures of the Atlantic World. And every so often, the politics, economics, and cultures of lands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans intersected with and influenced those of the Atlantic World. That’s why today, we’re going to explore the origins of the English trade with India and how that trade connected and intersected with the English North American colonies. Our guide for this investigation is Jonathan Eacott, an Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside and author of Selling Empire: India in the Making of Britain and America, 1700-1830. Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/111 Helpful Show Links Help Support Ben Franklin's World Crowdfunding Campaign Episode Sponsor Cornell University Press Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Join the Ben Franklin's World Community Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App Complementary Episodes Episode 012: Dane Morrison, True Yankees Episode 015: Joyce Chaplin, Voyage Round the Earth Episode 049: Malcolm Gaskill, Between Two Worlds Episode 079: James Horn, What is a Historical Source? (Jamestown) Episode 095: Rose Doherty, A Tale of Two Bostons *Books purchased through this link will help support the production of Ben Franklin's World. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of Ben Franklin's world is brought to you by Cornell University Press.
0:04.7	In addition to printing newspapers almanacs and pamphlets, Benjamin Franklin also
0:08.8	published books.
0:10.1	Between 1728 and 1748, Franklin published 32 books, which was more than any other printer in North America.
0:17.0	Like Franklin, Cornell University Press publishes books too, and they do so with a goal that Franklin surely would have liked, to disseminate fundamental
0:25.3	and practical knowledge.
0:26.8	Cornell University Press believes that history contains fundamental and practical knowledge
0:31.0	and that important history makes great reading.
0:33.4	If you believe this too, then you might really enjoy some of their books.
0:37.4	Books such as Julie Holcomb's moral commerce, Quakers in the Transatlantic Boycott of the
0:42.2	slave labor economy.
0:43.6	In moral commerce, Julie Holcomb explores the free produce movement
0:47.8	from its 17th century Quaker origins through its late 19th century decline.
0:52.4	For more than 100 years, through its late 19th century decline.
0:53.0	For more than 100 years, British and American abolitionists use the free produce movement
0:58.2	to starve slavery of its economic sustenance by pointing out that the purchase of goods represented political acts.
1:05.2	For example, if someone wanted to buy a new suit, were they buying a suit made of free labor
1:09.6	wool or from slave-grown cotton?
1:12.1	By tracing the free produce movement,
1:13.8	Holcombe reveals the possibilities and limitations
1:16.4	of moral commerce.
1:18.0	Check out the show notes page for this episode
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