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" From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean : "
Sebouh David Aslanian.
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BL
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878678
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Aslanian, Sebouh David
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From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean : : the global trade networks of Armenian merchants from New Julfa /\ Sebouh David Aslanian.
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Berkeley, Calif. ;London, England :: University of California Press,, [2011]
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, ©2011
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The California world history library ;; 17
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1 online resource (xx, 363 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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0520947576
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: 128327731X
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: 9780520947573
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: 9781283277310
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0520266870
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9780520266872
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-343) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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.
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Merchants-- Armenia-- History, Sources.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Exports Imports.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- International-- General.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- International-- Marketing.
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Commerce.
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HISTORY-- Middle East-- General.
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Merchants.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- Trade Tariffs.
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Julfa (Iṣfahān, Iran), Commerce, History, Sources.
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Asia, Armenia.
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Iran, Iṣfahān, Julfa.
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382.089/9199205595
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HF3770.2.Z9J853 2011eb
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