The same but different? : inter-cultural trade and the Sephardim, 1595-1640 / / by Jessica Vance Roitman.

• Superior document: Brill's series in Jewish studies, v. 42
• Author: Roitman, J.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's series in Jewish studies ; v. 42.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Using cutting-edge theory regarding trade networks and diaspora, this study challenges the historiographical argument that the Sephardim, and indeed, a variety of religio-ethnic groups, achieved their commercial success by relying on geographically dispersed family members and fellow ethnics. The bo...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / J. Roitman
• Introduction / J. Roitman
• Chapter One. Inter-Culturality And The Sephardim / J. Roitman
• Chapter Two. Diaspora, Migration, And The Foundations Of Inter-Cultural Trade / J. Roitman
• Chapter Three. Merchants At Work: Opportunity, Integration, And Innovation / J. Roitman
• Chapter Four. Networks In Action / J. Roitman
• Chapter Five. The Importance Of The Occasional / J. Roitman
• Chapter Six. The 1602 Sugar Confiscation—A Case Study In Inter-Cultural Lobbying And Influence / J. Roitman
• Chapter Seven. The Same But Different / J. Roitman
• Conclusion / J. Roitman
• Appendix One. Largest Shippers To The Mediterranean, 1590–1620 / J. Roitman
• Appendix Two. Associates Of Manoel Rodrigues Vega, 1597–1613 / J. Roitman
• Appendix Three. Associates Of Manoel Carvalho, 1602–1636 / J. Roitman
• Appendix Four. Associates Of Bento Osorio, 1610–1640 / J. Roitman
• Appendix Five. Dutch Signatories Of The 1602 Petition To The Burgomasters Of Amsterdam And Their Relationships With Sephardic Merchants / J. Roitman
• Appendix Six. Data Analysis—Methods And Conclusions / J. Roitman
• Bibliography / J. Roitman
• Index / J. Roitman.