Beschreibung:
Merchant networks generated trade and the exchange of goods between the cities of early modern Europe. This collection of essays analyses these commercial networks, focusing on the roles of kinship, origin, religion and business in creating and maintaining urban economies.
Acknowledgements, List of Contributors, List of Figures and Tables, Introduction - Andrea Caracausi and Christof Jeggle, Part I: Approaches, Part II: Merchants, Part III: Markets and Institutions, Part IV: Products, Notes, Index