From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean the global trade networks of Armenian merchants from New Julfa / Sebouh David Aslanian.

Author/creator Aslanian, Sebouh David
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionxx, 363 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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SeriesThe California world history library ; 17
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 307-343) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010023440
ISBN9780520266872 (cloth : alk. paper)