The free port of Livorno and the transformation of the Mediterranean World /

In early modern Europe, free ports were places where merchants of any nation, religion, or ethnicity could trade on equal terms; and where there were no import and export taxes. This work shows how free trade emerged from the interstices of European commercial institutions by examining the history o...

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Livorno and Political Economy in the Late Renaissance --
Insecurity and Opportunity in the Middle Sea --
Institutions, Information, and the Invention of Free Trade --
Governance and Tax Collection in a Free Port --
Disembedding the Marketplace --
Brokering Trade in the Central Mediterranean --
Livorno and the Science of Commerce in Enlightenment Tuscany --
Free Trade before Liberalism.
1. Verfasser:
Tazzara, Corey
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
In early modern Europe, free ports were places where merchants of any nation, religion, or ethnicity could trade on equal terms; and where there were no import and export taxes. This work shows how free trade emerged from the interstices of European commercial institutions by examining the history of the free port of Livorno.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-250924-1
0-19-183394-0
Schlagworte:
1500-1799
History.
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