Table of contents: Part I. The fall of Hormuz, a comparative study. Part II. The loss of Hormuz. People and events. Part III. After Hormuz. Conclusion. Appendix, currency and weights. Manuscript sources. Printed sources and modern works. Index. Tables. Maps. Diagram.
In a series of brief vignettes the authors bring to life international trade and its actors, and also demonstrate that economic activity cannot be divorced from social and cultural contexts. In the process they make clear that the seemingly modern concept of economic globalisati…
In a series of brief vignettes the authors bring to life international trade and its actors, and also demonstrate that economic activity cannot be divorced from social and cultural contexts. In the process they make clear that the seemingly modern concept of economic globalisati…
In der Geschichte des Seehandels unterscheidet man traditionell zwischen erlaubtem Handel und illegalen Praktiken. Doch was wir heute als'unerlaubt'ansehen, wurde bis zur Durchsetzung des souveränen Staates oft als legitim wahrgenommen, weil es innerhalb der Spielregeln des Wirt…
Front Matter -- Copyright Page /José L. Gasch-Tomás -- Dedication /José L. Gasch-Tomás -- Acknowledgments /José L. Gasch-Tomás -- Early Modern Hispanic Measures and Currencies /José L. Gasch-Tomás -- Abbreviations of Archives /José L. Gasch-Tomás -- Figures, Illustrations, Maps,…
In The Atlantic World and the Manila Galleons. Circulation, Market, and Consumption of Asian Goods in the Spanish Empire, 1565-1650, Jose L. Gasch-Tomas offers an account of the trade of Chinese silk and porcelain, and Japanese pieces of furniture, between colonial Spanish Ameri…
Studies of the trade between the Atlantic World and Asia during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries typically focus on the exchanges between Atlantic European countries - especially Portugal, the Netherlands and England - and Asia across the Cape route. In The Atlantic World…
In The Atlantic World and the Manila Galleons. Circulation, Market, and Consumption of Asian Goods in the Spanish Empire, 1565-1650, Jose L. Gasch-Tomas offers an account of the trade of Chinese silk and porcelain, and Japanese pieces of furniture, between colonial Spanish Ameri…
In The Atlantic World and the Manila Galleons. Circulation, Market, and Consumption of Asian Goods in the Spanish Empire, 1565-1650, Jose L. Gasch-Tomas offers an account of the trade of Chinese silk and porcelain, and Japanese pieces of furniture, between colonial Spanish Ameri…
The Global Lives of Things considers the ways in which "things", ranging from commodities to works of art and precious materials, participated in the shaping of global connections in the period 1400-1800. By focusing on the material exchange between Asia, Europe, the Americas an…
