The familiarity of strangers the Sephardic diaspora, Livorno, and cross-cultural trade in the early modern period / Francesca Trivellato.
| Author/creator | Trivellato, Francesca, 1970- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, |
| Description | xiii, 470 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Diasporic families and the making of a business partnership -- Livorno and the western Sephardic diaspora -- A new city, a new society? Livorno, the Jewish nation, and communitarian cosmopolitanism -- Between state commercial power and trading diasporas: Sephardim in the Mediterranean -- Marriage, dowry, inheritance, and types of commercial association -- Commission agency, economic information, and the legal and social foundations of business cooperation -- Cross-cultural trade and the etiquette of merchants' letters -- Ergas and Silveras heterogeneous trading networks -- The exchange of Mediterranean Coral and Indian diamonds -- The "big diamond affair": merchants on trial. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-445) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008045629 |
| ISBN | 9780300136838 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0300136838 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |