Trading Cultures. The Worlds of Western Merchants
J. Adelman (ed.)
VIII+274 p., 156 x 234 mm, 2001
ISBN: 978-2-503-50876-4
Languages: English
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The essays in this volume confront
stereotypical images of merchants as men, and sometimes women, who
stood outside their cultures, beyond history. Ranging across eras, from
medieval business practices to modern hucksterism of autobiographical
morality tales, the authors of this volume find that merchants cannot
be separated from their times. From the (Ottoman) Middle East to the
(American) Midwest, the contributors to Trading Cultures emphasize the
embeddedness of merchants in geographically and culturally specific
contexts. The trading careers reconstructed in this book dwell on
mercantile concerns with honor as much as profit, trust as much as
truck, and, above all, familial connections as much as individuated
enterprise.
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