Introduction : risk and uncertainty
Staying informed : the risks of poor information in Atlantic world trade
The institutions of trade and the reduction of market risk : the convoy system
Comercio libre and the rise of commercial risk
The rising demand for credit and the escalation of risk in the post-1778 era
Trade in war and peace
Underwriting risk : the structure and organization of insurance partnerships in late eighteenth-century Cadiz
Insuring against risk : analysis of insurance policies and the perception of risk in Atlantic world trade
War and commercial crisis : the profitability of the Cadiz insurance industry in the 1790s
Conclusion : staying afloat.