Free Port of Livorno and the Transformation of the Mediterranean World

In early modern Europe, free ports were places where merchants of any nation, religion, or ethnicity could trade on equal terms; and where there were no import and export taxes. This book shows how free trade emerged from the interstices of European commercial institutions by examining the history of the free port of Livorno.

About the author

Corey Tazzara is Assistant Professor of History at Scripps College. He received his PhD from Stanford University in 2011. He has published on trade and consumer behaviour in The Journal of Modern History and in a number of edited collections.

Summary

In early modern Europe, free ports were places where merchants of any nation, religion, or ethnicity could trade on equal terms; and where there were no import and export taxes. This book shows how free trade emerged from the interstices of European commercial institutions by examining the history of the free port of Livorno.

Additional text

Elegantly written... this study offers a welcome interpretation on premodern Italian trade.

Product details

• Authors: Corey Tazzara, Corey (Assistant Professor of History Tazzara, Tazzara Corey
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780198791584
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879158-4
• No. of pages: 364
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Italy, maritime history, Economic history, International Economics, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, C 1600 To C 1700, International Trade