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The familiarity of strangers, the Sephardic diaspora, Livorno, and cross-cultural trade in the early modern period, Francesca Trivellato

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The familiarity of strangers, the Sephardic diaspora, Livorno, and cross-cultural trade in the early modern period, Francesca Trivellato
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The familiarity of strangers
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Francesca Trivellato
Sub title
the Sephardic diaspora, Livorno, and cross-cultural trade in the early modern period
Table Of 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
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