{"product_id":"trading-places-9789004175433","title":"Trading Places","description":"\u003ci\u003eTrading Places\u003c\/i\u003e is winner of the triennial Historical Research Award of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/werkgroepitaliestudies\/prijzen\/onderzoeksprijsl\"\u003eItaly Studies\u003c\/a\u003e (2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book deals with the Netherlandish merchant community in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Venice. It examines the merchants’ commercial activities, their social and communal relations, as well as their interaction with the Venetian state, which was accustomed to protect its own trade. The Netherlandish merchants in Venice, as part of an extensive international trading network, were ideally placed to connect Mediterranean and Atlantic commerce. They quickly became the most important group of foreign merchants in the city at a time of rapid economic changes. Drawing on a wide variety of primary sources, this book shows how these immigrant traders used their strong commercial position to secure a place in Venice. It demonstrates how the changing balance of international commerce affected early modern Venetian society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Maartje van Gelder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274006769915,"sku":"9789004175433","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_fe4ecb41-fc35-48ea-b4a8-1f38b86d3387.jpg?v=1773727698","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/trading-places-9789004175433","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}