Merchants and the Military in Eighteenth-Century Britain

• Introduction; Chapter 1 The Supply System of the British Army from the Seventeenth Century; Chapter 2 The Growth of Army Contracting; Chapter 3 Procedures and Patronage; Chapter 4 Administration of Encampment Contracts in England, 1740—62; Chapter 5 Performance of Encampment Contracts; Chapter 6 A Domestic Contractor: John Willan; Chapter 7 Domestic Supply and Contracting in Scotland, 1746—62; Chapter 8 Profit and Wealth; conclusion Conclusion;

'well-researched and analytical, Merchants and the Military draws together multiple seperate threads of historical inquiry to plumb a vital, neglected, area of eighteenth-century British history.' The Scriblerian 'a valuable and original addition to the literature' Economic History Review