Merchant cultures : a global approach to spaces, representations and worlds of trade, 1500-1800
The way merchants trade, think about business and represent commerce in art forms define merchant culture. The world between 1500 and 1800 encompassed different merchant cultures that stood alone and in contact with others. Culture, power relations and institutions framed similarities and difference...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Boston : Brill,
2022
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | European expansion and indigenous response
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | European expansion and indigenous response |
| Schlagworte: | Commerce Merchants Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (372 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | The way merchants trade, think about business and represent commerce in art forms define merchant culture. The world between 1500 and 1800 encompassed different merchant cultures that stood alone and in contact with others. Culture, power relations and institutions framed similarities and differences and outlined the global outcome of these exchanges. Intro -- Contents -- General Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Merchant Cultures: An Introduction -- Part 1. Questions, Approaches and Representations -- 2. Merchant Strategies for Long Distance Trade in Aristocratic Political Economies -- 1 Controlling Loyalties -- 2 Death and Mobility -- 3 Succeeding in an Aristocratic and Religious World -- 4 To Become Accepted -- 5 Conclusion -- 3. Commercial Practices by New Christian/Jewish Groups -- 1 The Portuguese Mercantile 'Nation' as a Transcultural Entity and a Home for Its Members -- 4. Subordinate to Strangers: Thomas Kerridge at Ahmadabad in 1615 and the Limits of Mercantilist -- 1 Muqarrab Khan and the Beginnings of English Subordination -- 2 Thomas Kerridge and Commercial Subordination -- 3 Conclusion -- 5. Commercial Culture in Contested Spaces -- 1 Portuguese Trade on the Costa da Mina -- Part 2. The Asian World -- 6. 'Indigenous' Merchant Networks and the English East India Company on the Coromandel Coast -- 7. Agents of Empire in Golconda and Bengal: 1630-1757 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Region versus Empire -- 3 Comparing Golconda and Bengal -- 4 Transnational Warrior States -- 5 Introducing the Contractor State -- 6 Politics, the Merchant and the State -- 7 Agents of Empire in the Contractor State -- 8 Networked Entrepreneurs -- 9 Agents Transitioning from a Bazaar Economy to a Market Economy -- 10 Conclusion -- 8. Doing Business by the Grace of the Shogun: Strategies, Trade Negotiations, and Cross-cultural -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nagasaki and the Dutch in Global Commodity Chains -- 3 Rules of Engagement -- 4 A New Hope for the Dutch-Japanese Trade, ca. 1741-1745 -- 5 The Japanese Empire Strikes Back, ca. 1747-1752 -- 6 Return of Cooperation, ca. 1752-1758 -- 7 Conclusion -- 9. Hindu Mercantile Culture and Practices in Goa, 1750-1818. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (372 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789004506572 9004506578 9789004506558 9004506551 |