Maria Fusaro (University of Exeter)

Political Economies of Empire in the Early Modern Mediterranean

The Decline of Venice and the Rise of England, 1450-1700

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Produktbeschreibung

Early modern European economic development seen through the interaction of two major players in the Mediterranean economy: Venice and England.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 433
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 736g
• ISBN-13: 9781107060524
• ISBN-10: 1107060524
• Artikelnr.: 42362125

Autorenporträt

Maria Fusaro is Associate Professor (Reader) in Early Modern European History and directs the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies at the University of Exeter. She is the author of Reti commerciali e traffici globali in eta' moderna (2008) and L'uva passa. Una guerra commerciale tra Venezia e l'Inghilterra, 1540-1640 (1997), and co-editor of Trade and Cultural Exchange in the Early Modern Mediterranean: Braudel's Maritime Legacy (2010) and Maritime History as Global History (2011). Her articles include 'Cooperating Mercantile Networks in the Early Modern Mediterranean', The Economic History Review 65 (2012) and 'Representation in Practice: The Myth of Venice and the British Protectorate in the Ionian Islands (1801-64)' in Exploring Cultural History (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: political economies of empire
1. The medieval background
2. The reversal of the balance
3. The Ottoman Levant
4. Genoa, Venice and Livorno (a tale of three cities)
5. Trade, violence and diplomacy
6. Diplomacy, trade and religion
7. The Venetian peculiarities
8. The English mercantile community in Venice
9. The English and other mercantile communities
10. The goods of the trade
11. Empires and governance in the Mediterranean
12. Coda and conclusions
Bibliography
Index.