Analyses data from the Bristol Port Books to rewrite the history of trade in Bristol, including the city's early involvement with the slave trade. The sixteenth

The history of capitalism is not to be explained in mere economic terms. David Harris Sacks here demonstrates that the modern Western economy was ushered in by

Dr Morgan compares the performance of Bristol as a port with the growth of other out ports.

Essays draw on quantitative and qualitative evidence to cast new light on slavery and the transatlantic slave trade as well as on the origins and development of

It explores and interprets one of the most important archaeological discoveries of recent decades. It comprises the most sophisticated and detailed investigatio