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

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 and Book
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
Subject(s)	Jews--Italy --Livorno --History --18th century. Sephardim--Italy --Livorno --History --18th century. Jews--Italy --Livorno --Economic conditions --18th century. Sephardim--Italy --Livorno --Economic conditions --18th century. Sephardim--Italy --Livorno --Social conditions --18th century. Sephardim--Italy --Livorno --Social life and customs --History --18th century. Jewish merchants--Italy --Livorno --History --18th century. Livorno (Italy)--Commerce --History --18th century. Livorno (Italy)--Ethnic relations --History --18th century.

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)

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