A Smoking Structure: Firm Organization in the Transatlantic Tobacco Trade

Author

Hannah K. Tucker, College of William and MaryFollow

Date Thesis Awarded

4-2015

Access Type

Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only

Degree Name

Bachelors of Arts (BA)

Department

History

Advisor

Scott Reynolds Nelson

Committee Members

Nicholas S. Popper

Paul Mapp

Peter McHenry

Abstract

This thesis examines the organization of colonial plantations and Glasgow trading firms in the British Atlantic during the eighteenth century. A Smoking Structure explains the degree to which different structures allowed two firms to inhabit two distinct market niches and the costs and benefits of each for long run growth.

Recommended Citation

Tucker, Hannah K., "A Smoking Structure: Firm Organization in the Transatlantic Tobacco Trade" (2015). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 198.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/198

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