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Same but Different?

Inter-cultural Trade and the Sephardim, 1595-1640

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Using cutting-edge theory regarding trade networks and diaspora, this study challenges the historiographical argument that the Sephardim, and indeed, a variety of religio-ethnic groups, achieved their commercial success by relying on geographically dispersed family members and fellow ethnics. The book’s findings challenge the reigning understanding that commercial success stemmed from endogamous business relationships and socio-cultural insularity. The book demonstrates that the most successful Sephardic merchants of early seventeenth century Amsterdam built their fortunes not thanks to familial or diasporic connections, but through “loose ties,” economic networks comprised of non-Sephardim. Focusing on three of the most prominent Sephardic merchants in Amsterdam, and a random sampling of other Sephardi merchants, the book reveals a multi-ethnic and multi-religious trade network of non-Jewish merchants.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-02-14
Mått155 x 235 x 27 mm
Vikt692 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBrill's Series in Jewish Studies
Antal sidor328
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004202764

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IntroductionChapter I: Inter-culturality and the SephardimChapter II: Diaspora, Migration, and the Foundations of Inter-cultural TradeChapter III: Merchants at Work: Opportunity, Integration, and InnovationChapter IV: Networks in ActionChapter V: The Importance of the OccasionalChapter VI – The 1602 Sugar Confiscation – A Case Study in Inter-cultural Lobbying and InfluenceChapter VII: The Same but DifferentConcluding remarks and avenues for further researchAppendix 1: Largest Shippers to the Mediterranean, 1590-1620Appendix 2: Associates of Manoel Rodrigues Vega, 1597-1613Appendix 3: Associates of Manoel Carvalho, 1602-1636Appendix 4: Associates of Bento Osorio, 1610-1640Appendix 5: Dutch signatories of the 1602 petition to the burgomasters of Amsterdam and their relationships with Sephardic merchantsAppendix 6: Data Analysis – Methods and Conclusions