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Titre(s) : Merchants in times of crises (16th to mid-19th century) [Texte imprimé] / edited by Andrea Bonoldi, Markus A. Denzel, Andrea Leonard,... [et al.]
Publication : Stuttgart : In Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag, copyright 2015
Description matérielle : 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection : Beiträge zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, ISSN 0723-5453 ; Nr. 127
Lien à la collection : Beiträge zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references
The essays collected in this volume examine the modes of action/reaction by merchants
when confronted with the crises of varying nature and degree that punctuated the early
modern period. By using a comparative approach, the attention is focused on the merchant
firm in time of crisis, including local and international, sectorial, and more general
crises relative to production, demand or credit. To this end, the experiences (successful
or ruinous) of various merchant firms are compared in order to answer some key questions:
what are the first signs of a crisis, and how do they reflect on the merchant's business?
What role is performed by the family and the relational networks in enabling merchants
to confront the crisis? What are the consequences of the crisis from both the economic
point of view and the social one? What is the impact of the crisis, namely the "exogenous
shock", as opposed to mistaken management choices? Most of the cases under study concern
the Alpine space, but there are also references to a French merchant involved in the
transatlantic trade, and a merchant from the Venetian mainland who opened new trade
relations with Sweden.
Sujet(s) : Commerce -- Europe -- Histoire
Crises économiques -- Europe -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
382.09 (23e éd.) = Commerce international - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783515110600. - ISBN 3515110607 (br.)
EAN 9783515110600
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46531733x
Notice n° :
FRBNF46531733
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