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War, trade and neutrality : Europe and the Mediterranean in the seventeenth and eighteen centuries / edited by Antonella Alimento.

Title
War, trade and neutrality : Europe and the Mediterranean in the seventeenth and eighteen centuries / edited by Antonella Alimento.
Publication
Milano, Italy : FrancoAngeli, c2011.

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Additional Authors
Alimento, A. (Antonella)
Description
266 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
This book is the culmination of a research project funded by the University of Pisa's internationalisation support programme of 2008-10. The project's underlying idea is that the Mediterranean is of decisive importance for any investigation into the political and commercial relations between states of different size and constitutional structure in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It thus scrutinises the practices, institutions and cultural tendencies of the region's ruling classes, from those of the Italian small states to those of the great powers. Salerno, Edigati, Angiolini, Addobbati and Zamora examine the theme of the small state by focusing on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and its foreign policy centred on the free port of Livorno and the principle of neutrality, while Herrero and Aglietti describe how diplomats from the Republic of Genoa, the Dutch Republic and the consuls of the Italian small states helped preserve the European balance of power. Since war was a catalyst for the internal reorganisation of states, the correlation of war, trade and neutrality as processes of emulation is investigated by Stapelbroek, Alimento and Calafat, while the reception and circulation of theoretical models is recounted by Trampus, Schnakenbourg and Spagnesi. The book is also enriched by the reflections of Guasti, Montorzi and Salvemini regarding the project's methodological structures and outcomes. --
Series Statement
Studi e ricerche storiche ; 400
Uniform Title
Studi e ricerche storiche 400.
Subject
  • 1600-1799
  • War > Economic aspects > History > Europe > 17th century
  • War > Economic aspects > History > Europe > 18th century
  • Europe > Commerce > History > 17th century
  • Europe > Commerce > History > 18th century
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
9788856845143
LCCN
^^2011538516
OCLC
  • 778420343
  • SCSB-10776725
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library