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Trading Cultures: The Worlds of Western Merchants

edited by Jeremy Adelman and Stephen Aron

Merchants, the editors argue, have traditionally been seen as solitary outsiders on the edges of their cultures, characterised by greed and corruption. These 11 papers challenge these stereotypes by focusing on the interaction of merchants with the societies of late medieval and modern Europe, with emphasis on the 17th-19th centuries. Specific subjects include personal wealth and commercial activity during the Great Plague of 1665, Jewish merchant culture of the 17th century and kinship and commerce in the Americas. 275p (Brepols 2001)

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