Trade and institutions in the medieval Mediterranean : the geniza merchants and their business world
"The Geniza merchants of the eleventh-century Mediterranean - sometimes called the 'Maghribi traders' - are central to controversies about the origins of long-term economic growth and the institutional bases of trade. In this book, Jessica Goldberg reconstructs the business world of t...
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Format : | Livre |
Langue : | anglais |
Titre complet : | Trade and institutions in the medieval Mediterranean : the geniza merchants and their business world / Jessica L. Goldberg |
Édition : | First paperback edition. |
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Cambridge, New York :
Cambridge University Press
, 2015 |
Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (xxi, 426 p.) |
Collection : | Cambridge studies in economic history |
Contenu : | 1. Introduction: two tales. Part I. Institutions. 2. Merchants in their community ; 3. The uses of commercial correspondence ; 4. The nature of merchants' trade ; 5. The human landscape: business relationships, institutions of law and government ; 6. Conclusion to Part I. Part II. Geographies. 7. The geography of information ; 8. Commodities in a regional market ; 9. Individual geographies of trade ; 10. The contracting geography of the eleventh-century merchant network ; 11. Conclusion: the Mediterranean through the eyes of Geniza merchants |
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Bib. CRHIA (Histoire)
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Salle de lecture | MA 2240 | Empruntable | Disponible |