| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 363 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
The California world history library ; 17 |
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California world history library ; 17.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-343) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Merchants -- Armenia -- History -- Sources
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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Commerce
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Merchants
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| SUBJECT |
Julfa (Iṣfahān, Iran) -- Commerce -- History -- Sources
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| Subject |
Armenia
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Iran -- Iṣfahān -- Julfa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010023440 |
| ISBN |
9780520947573 |
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0520947576 |
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128327731X |
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9781283277310 |
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