No. 36 (2024): Capitalists, merchants and businessmen: trajectories of activity and commercial networks in the Atlantic world (19th century)

This Dossier brings together good examples of how analyses in Economic History have expanded and diversified their perspectives. New themes and new documentary sources are incorporated to better understand the mercantile activity, social behavior and investment profile of merchants and businessmen in the Atlantic world in the 18th and 19th centuries. In the following articles, readers will be able to perceive the regional diversity of the contributions brought by the authors who studied the trajectory of merchants from the northern to the southern borders of Brazil, contributing with analyses that offer a more comprehensive idea of ​​the mercantile practices of the time. Furthermore, through a varied repertoire of sources, the set of articles highlights the different areas in which merchants acted beyond the mercantile concerns of their daily lives, such as their interest in horse racing, philanthropy, ennoblement and charity.