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2. Livorno and the Western Sephardic Diaspora
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Francesca Trivellato
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Note on Terminology and Units of Measurement ix
- Introduction 1
- 1. Diasporic Families and the Making of a Business Partnership 21
- 2. Livorno and the Western Sephardic Diaspora 43
- 3. A New City, a New Society? Livorno, the Jewish Nation, and Communitarian Cosmopolitanism 70
- 4. Between State Commercial Power and Trading Diasporas: Sephardim in the Mediterranean 102
- 5. Marriage, Dowry, Inheritance, and Types of Commercial Association 132
- 6. Commission Agency, Economic Information, and the Legal and Social Foundations of Business Cooperation 153
- 7. Cross-Cultural Trade and the Etiquette of Merchants’ Letters 177
- 8. Ergas and Silvera’s Heterogeneous Trading Networks 194
- 9. The Exchange of Mediterranean Coral and Indian Diamonds 224
- 10. The “Big Diamond Affair”: Merchants on Trial 251
- Conclusion 271
- Notes 279
- References 385
- Index 447
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Note on Terminology and Units of Measurement ix
- Introduction 1
- 1. Diasporic Families and the Making of a Business Partnership 21
- 2. Livorno and the Western Sephardic Diaspora 43
- 3. A New City, a New Society? Livorno, the Jewish Nation, and Communitarian Cosmopolitanism 70
- 4. Between State Commercial Power and Trading Diasporas: Sephardim in the Mediterranean 102
- 5. Marriage, Dowry, Inheritance, and Types of Commercial Association 132
- 6. Commission Agency, Economic Information, and the Legal and Social Foundations of Business Cooperation 153
- 7. Cross-Cultural Trade and the Etiquette of Merchants’ Letters 177
- 8. Ergas and Silvera’s Heterogeneous Trading Networks 194
- 9. The Exchange of Mediterranean Coral and Indian Diamonds 224
- 10. The “Big Diamond Affair”: Merchants on Trial 251
- Conclusion 271
- Notes 279
- References 385
- Index 447