Participant Info
- First Name
- Esther
- Last Name
- Sahle
- Country
- Germany
- State
- esther.sahle@uni-oldenburg.de
- Affiliation
- University of Münster, Germany
- Website URL
- esthersahle.de
- Keywords
- Economic History, Quakers, Trade, Institutions, Religion, Women & Economic Development, Early Modern Britain, Atlantic History, Early American Legal History
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Economic Historian of the British Atlantic. Having graduated from the LSE in 2016, I am presently acting chair of the Economic History group at the University of Münster, Germany. My research interests include the institutional foundations of long-distance trade, Quaker merchants, women’s Economic History, and the European Marriage Pattern.
- Recent Publications
Forthcoming: Quakers in the British Atlantic World, c.1660-1800
https://boydellandbrewer.com/esther-sahle.html
Sahle, E. (2020). Law and Gospel Order: Resolving commercial disputes in colonial Philadelphia. Continuity and Change, 35(3), 281-310. doi:10.1017/S0268416020000259 – open access: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/continuity-and-change/article/law-and-gospel-order-resolving-commercial-disputes-in-colonial-philadelphia/8829ADC3073DBA8120BED9CA5F1C7EBA
Sahle, Esther. “Quakers, coercion, and pre‐modern growth: why Friends’ formal institutions for contract enforcement did not matter for early modern trade expansion.” The Economic History Review 71.2 (2018): 418-436.
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- EstherSahle
- Country Focus
- Expertise by Geography
- Atlantic, British Isles, England, North America, United Kingdom, Western Europe
- Expertise by Chronology
- 17th century, 18th century, Early Modern
- Expertise by Topic
- Capitalism, Economic History, Gender, Law, Religion, Women
