Merchant Colonies in the Early Modern Period

Merchant colonies were a significant factor for economic growth in Europe during the early modern period. These colonies increased a country’s turnover, boosted profits and developed new forms of economic activity, providing the essential prerequisites for the Industrial Revolution. The essays in this collection look at merchant colonies across Europe, assessing their function, legal status, interaction with local traders and assimilation into their host countries. This is the first study on merchants to cover such a wide geographical and temporal reach and will allow greater contextual understanding of this topic.

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Merchant Colonies in the Early Modern Period

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of Figures and Tables
pp ix-x

List of Contributors
pp xi-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-10

1 - Early Modern English Merchant Colonies: Contexts and Functions
pp 11-30

2 - German and Italian Merchant Colonies in Early Modern England
pp 31-44

3 - Dynamism and Integration of the North European Merchant Communities in French Ports in the Eighteenth Century
pp 45-60

4 - Opportunity and Legislation: How the Armenians Entered Trade in Three Mediterranean Ports
pp 61-84

5 - Russian Merchant Colonies in Seventeenth-Century Sweden
pp 85-102

6 - Foreign Merchant Communities in Eighteenth-Century Russia
pp 103-126

7 - Greek Merchant Colonies in Central and South-Eastern Europe in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
pp 127-140

8 - Community for Commerce: An Introduction to the Nezhin Greek Brotherhood Focusing on its Establishment as a Formal Institution in the Years Between 1692 and 1710
pp 141-156

9 - Entrepreneurship at the Russian Frontier of International Trade. The Greek Merchant Community/Paroikia of Taganrog in the Sea of Azov, 1780s–1830s
pp 157-180

Notes
pp 181-238

Index
pp 239-245

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