| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 363 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
| Series |
The California world history library ; 17
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California world history library ; 17.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-343) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Julfa (Iṛfahān, Iran) -- Commerce -- History -- Sources.
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Merchants -- Armenia -- History -- Sources.
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Merchants. |
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Armenia. |
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History. |
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Sources.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Aslanian, Sebouh David. From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean. Berkeley, Calif. ; London, England : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520266872 (DLC) 2010023440 (OCoLC)607974825 |
| ISBN |
9780520947573 (electronic book) |
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0520947576 (electronic book) |
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128327731X |
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9781283277310 |
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9780520266872 |
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0520266870 |
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