02281nam a2200397 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003900112020002700151040002100178035002100199043003000220050002400250082002300274100002700297245012700324260005800451300002400509440002700533504005100560505070200611533015201313650003701465650003701502650003801539651003901577651003901616651003901655655002901694710001701723856012601740999001701866ebr10726009CaPaEBRm     o  u        cr cn|||||||||130319s2013    cauad   sb    001 0 eng d  z  2013011195  z9780804785426 (cloth : alk. paper)  z9780804786355 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)851431287  ae-sp---an------as------14aHF3685b.B37 2013eb04a382.0946/018212231 aBaskes, Jeremy,d1961-10aStaying afloath[electronic resource] :brisk and uncertainty in Spanish Atlantic world trade, 1760-1820 /cJeremy Baskes.  aStanford, Calif. :bStanford University Press,c2013.  axiv, 393 p. :bill. 0aSocial science history  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction : risk and uncertainty -- Staying informed : the risks of poor information in Atlantic world trade -- The institutions of trade and the reduction of market risk : the convoy system -- Comercio libre and the rise of commercial risk -- The rising demand for credit and the escalation of risk in the post-1778 era -- Trade in war and peace -- Underwriting risk : the structure and organization of insurance partnerships in late eighteenth-century Cadiz -- Insuring against risk : analysis of insurance policies and the perception of risk in Atlantic world trade -- War and commercial crisis : the profitability of the Cadiz insurance industry in the 1790s -- Conclusion : staying afloat.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aRisk managementzSpainxHistory. 0aMerchant marinezSpainxHistory. 0aMarine insurancezSpainxHistory. 0aSpainxColonieszAmericaxHistory. 0aSpainxCommercezAmericaxHistory. 0aAmericaxCommercezSpainxHistory. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10726009zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c38892d38892