From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean the global trade networks of Armenian merchants from New Julfa - Aslanian, Sebouh David; American Council of Learned Societies (Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011)
From trade diasporas to circulation societies -- Old Julfa, the grea t deportations, and the founding of New Julfa -- The new Julfan trade n etwork I: the world of the Indian Ocean -- The New Julfan trade network II: the Mediterranean, Western European, and Russian Networks -- "The salt in a merchant's letter": business correspondence and the courier s ystem -- The circulation of men and credit: the commenda and the family firm -- Trust, social capital, and networks : informal and semi-formal institutions at work -- The center cannot hold : the decline and colla pse of the Julfan trade network.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Merchants -- Armenia -- History -- Sources; x