that one JNL on Nostr: Reading Newfoundland history is making me realize that either the vocabulary or the ...
Reading Newfoundland history is making me realize that either the vocabulary or the class politics are opaque on my end. "Merchant" and "the merchant class" do so much lifting in these accounts; these labels seem synonymous with tyranny, monopoly, rent-seeking, and also the only source of voluntary largesse other than the Crown.
"Merchant" does not mean this to me, and I'm not sure if it's because I'm an American or bc I missed something essential re: 18th/19th c political economy in general 🤷🏻♀️
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