ISBN:
9780199379200
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0199379203
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (vi, 288 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Trivellato, Francesca Religion and Trade : Cross-Cultural Exchanges in World History, 1000-1900
DDC:
382
Keywords:
Geschichte 1000-1900
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Exports & Imports
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Marketing
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Trade & Tariffs
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Commerce
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International economic relations / Religious aspects
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Religion / Economic aspects
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Commerce History
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International economic relations Religious aspects
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Religion History
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Economic aspects
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History
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Kulturkontakt
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Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
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Religion
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Handel
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Handel
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Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
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Religion
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Kulturkontakt
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Geschichte 1000-1900
Description / Table of Contents:
Although trade connects distant people and regions, bringing cultures closer together through the exchange of material goods and ideas, it has not always led to unity and harmony. From the era of the Crusades to the dawn of colonialism, exploitation and violence characterized many trading ventures, which required vessels and convoys to overcome tremendous technological obstacles and merchants to grapple with strange customs and manners in a foreign environment. Yet despite all odds, experienced traders and licensed brokers, as well as ordinary people, travelers, pilgrims, missionaries, and interlopers across the globe, concocted ways of bartering, securing credit, and establishing relationships with people who did not speak their language, wore different garb, and worshipped other gods
Note:
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (EBSCO, viewed March 12, 2015)
