Dr Perry Gauci

MA, MPhil, DPhil
CUF in Modern History

Lincoln College

Email: perry.gauci@lincoln.ox.ac.uk

Research Interests

Dr Gauci's interests lie in the social, economic and political development of Britain, 1600 - 1800. His next research project will centre on William Beckford (1709-70), the Jamaican-born lord mayor of London.

Supervision Interests

Dr Gauci has supervised graduates on topics relating to the social, economic and political development of Britain, 1650-1800. As a co-supervisor, he has also advised on transatlantic subjects in the same period.

Selected Publications:

• 'Bigger Business: The Social and Political Impact of the London Merchant 1660-1800' in Christianias Handelspatrisiat. (Oslo) pp. 205-228
• Politics and Society in Great Yarmouth 1660-1722. (Oxford, 1996) 299pp.
• The Politics of Trade: The Overseas Merchant in State and Society, 1660-1720. (Oxford, 2001) 302pp.
• 'Henry Ashurst' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford, 2004)
• 'Finding the Middle-Ground: The Middling Sort in the Eighteenth Century', History Compass. Vol 4 (2006) pp. 1-7
• Emporium of the World: The Merchants of London 1660-1800. (London, 2007) 254pp.
• 'Mercaderes Ingleses en Alicante en el Siglio XVII' in . (Alicante, 2008) pp. 485
• 'The Clash of Interests: Commerce and Politics in the Age of Anne' in Politics in the Age of Holmes. (2009) pp. 115-125

Future Publications:

Research Interests and Activities

• Eighteenth-Century Britain and Europe
• Early Modern Britain and Europe