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The same but different? : inter-cultural trade and the Sephardim, 1595-1640 / by Jessica Vance Roitman.
Van Pelt Library DS135.N5 A598 2011
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Library at the Katz Center - Stacks DS135.N5 A598 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roitman, J. (Jessica V.)
- Series:
- Brill's series in Jewish studies ; v. 42.
- Brill's series in Jewish studies ; v. 42
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Netherlands--Amsterdam--History--16th century.
- Jews.
- Jews--Netherlands--Amsterdam--History--17th century.
- Sephardim--Netherlands--Amsterdam--Economic conditions--16th century.
- Sephardim.
- Sephardim--Netherlands--Amsterdam--Economic conditions--17th century.
- Commerce.
- History.
- Economic conditions.
- Europe--Commerce--History--16th century.
- Europe.
- Europe--Commerce--History--17th century.
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Ethnic relations.
- Amsterdam (Netherlands).
- Netherlands--Amsterdam.
- Physical Description:
- 328 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2011.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Inter-culturality and the Sephardim 31
- The New Christians and the Amsterdam Sephardim-From Jews to Ethnic Group 32
- Manoel Rodrigues Vega 40
- Manoel Carvalho 43
- Bento Osorio 47
- Chapter 2 Diaspora, Migration, and the Foundations of Inter-cultural Trade 63
- Theories of Diasporas 64
- The Disparate Strands of Diaspora 70
- Expulsion, Conversion and Inquisition 72
- The "Oriental" Diaspora: The Ottoman Domains and North Africa 74
- North Africa 79
- The "Occidental" Diaspora 81
- North-Western Europe 82
- "The Low Countries"-Antwerp and Amsterdam 82
- France 85
- The German Territories 89
- The Italian City States 90
- Spain 93
- England 95
- The Portuguese Overseas Territories 96
- West Africa 97
- Angola 97
- Cabo Verde, São Tomé, and the Guinea Rivers 99
- Brazil 102
- Goa 106
- Chapter 3 Merchants at Work: Opportunity, Integration, and Innovation 111
- Merchants and Their Milieu 113
- Manoel Rodrigues Vega 114
- Manoel Garvalho 116
- Bento Osorio 117
- Integrative Merchants 118
- Manoel Rodrigues Vega 119
- Manoel Carvalho 123
- Bento Osorio 126
- Innovative Merchants 129
- Manoel Rodrigues Vega 129
- Manoel Carvalho 136
- Bento Osorio 138
- Conclusion 141
- Chapter 4 Networks in Action 145
- Network Terminology 145
- Amsterdam 147
- Rodrigues Vega, Carvalho, and Osorio as Amsterdam Merchants 151
- The Composition of Networks 154
- Networks in Action 156
- Manoel Rodrigues Vega and Cornelis Snellinck 156
- Manoel Carvalho and Albert Schuyt 162
- Bento Osorio, Claes Cornelisz Jut, and Dirck Thomasz. Glimmer 165
- Conclusion 168
- Chapter 5 The Importance of the Occasional 171
- Acting on Each Other's Behalf 172
- Manoel Rodrigues Vega 172
- Manoel Carvalho 174
- Bento Osorio 177
- Conclusion 178
- Shared Ownership and Trade 179
- Manoel Rodrigues Vega 180
- Manoel Carvalho 187
- Bento Osorio 191
- Conclusion 197
- Insurance 199
- Manoel Rodrigues Vega 203
- Manoel Carvalho 206
- Bento Osorio 208
- Conclusion 211
- Credit 212
- Manoel Rodrigues Vega 213
- Manoel Carvalho 215
- Bento Osorio 215
- Conclusion 217
- Chapter 6 The 1602 Sugar Confiscation-A Case Study in Inter-cultural Lobbying and Influence 221
- Lobbying and Interest Groups in the Seventeenth Century 224
- The Governmental Context 226
- The Sugar Confiscation of 1602 228
- Conclusion 242
- Chapter 7 The Same but Different 245
- Manoel Rodrigues Vega: A Case Study in Inter-cultural Trade and Identity 247
- Manoel Carvalho: An Example of Integration 251
- Osorio: A Loner? 255.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789004202764
- 9004202765
- OCLC:
- 690904714
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