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From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean : the global trade networks of Armenian merchants from New Julfa /
Drawing on a rich trove of documents, including correspondence not seen for 300 years, this study explores the emergence and growth of a global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, Calif. ; London, England :
University of California Press,
[2011]
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| Colección: | California world history library ;
17. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- From trade diasporas to circulation society
- Old Julfa, the great deportations, and the founding of New Julfa, 1604/1620
- The new Julfan trade network I: the world of the Indian Ocean
- The New Julfan trade network II: the Mediterranean, Western European, and Russian Networks
- "The salt in a merchant's letter": the art of writing business correspondence, the courier system, and their role in Julfan economy and society
- Social capital, "trust" and the role of networks in Julfan trade: informal and semi-formal institutions at work
- The circulation of men and credit: the role of the commenda, the family firm and of non-circulating women in Julfan society
- From coalition to nation: the collapse and transformation of the Julfan trade network.