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From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean: The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa (Volume 17) First Edition

by Sebouh Aslanian (Author)

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Part of: California World History Library (23 books)

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Drawing on a rich trove of documents, including correspondence not seen for 300 years, this study explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. Based in New Julfa, Isfahan, in what is now Iran, these merchants operated a network of commercial settlements that stretched from London and Amsterdam to Manila and Acapulco. The New Julfan Armenians were the only Eurasian community that was able to operate simultaneously and successfully in all the major empires of the early modern world―both land-based Asian empires and the emerging sea-borne empires―astonishingly without the benefits of an imperial network and state that accompanied and facilitated European mercantile expansion during the same period. This book brings to light for the first time the trans-imperial cosmopolitan world of the New Julfans. Among other topics, it explores the effects of long distance trade on the organization of community life, the ethos of trust and cooperation that existed among merchants, and the importance of information networks and communication in the operation of early modern mercantile communities.

ISBN-10

0520266870
ISBN-13

978-0520266872
Edition

First Edition
Publisher

University of California Press
Publication date

May 4, 2011
Part of series

California World History Library
Language

English
Dimensions

6 x 1.4 x 9 inches
Print length

392 pages
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“A fascinating book.” ― Times Literary Supplement

“Exceeds, by far, all previous scholarship on the Armenian merchants of New Julfa.” ― Ararat

"Ground-breaking . . . Superb." ― Journal of Global History

“An extensively researched study . . . that is both scholarly and interesting to read. . . . Well written and well-documented.” ― Armenian Mirror-Spectator

“This is the kind of book that entices readers to spend time not only with the text but also with the bibliography and endnotes, retracing research steps and finding new paths to benefit their own work.” ― American Historical Review

“Aslanian has unearthed a veritable treasure trove, and this book, which is written in a lucid style, is of great interest to world historians and economic historians.” ― Historian

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"Sebouh David Aslanian draws upon an unrivaled body of original documentation, collected in seven languages from twenty-five archives, to reconstruct in great detail the logic and working of a global commercial network. He poses a series of fundamental questions concerning the Julfan network and critically assesses both the received literature and the very documentation on which he grounds his revisionist study, making this a valuable contribution to comparative economic history."

Edward Alpers, author of East Africa and the Indian Ocean

"From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean is without question an exceptionally interesting, well-researched, and original study. The work is the product of lengthy and determined exploratory archival research whose global reach reflects the far-flung trading network of Aslanians subject. Compared to previous work on the Julfa Armenians (or the trade of the Safavid Empire in general), it is on an altogether higher level of theoretical sophistication."

Edmund Herzig, editor of Iran and the World in the Safavid Age

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of California Press; First Edition (May 4, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 392 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0520266870
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0520266872
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.5 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.4 x 9 inches

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Ali K.

Good book

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Informative and well written book

Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2012

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This book is of major importance far beyond the specialized field on which it focuses. It includes extremely perceptive observations on dispersed, diaspora, and mercantile communities in the emerging world-system of the 17th and 18th centuries. It also includes a long chapter on trust. Such communities depend on reputation and personal trust. This has been rather taken for granted in the literature, though sociologists from Weber onward have discussed it. Aslanian puts it on a new footing, with a truly superb discussion of the full ramifications and complexities of trust and reputation in a large and dispersed community where people cannot rely on face-to-face knowledge and have to trust agents for years at a time without hearing a word.
Almost 40 years ago, in 1974, my wife and I walked almost every street in old Isfahan, including the main streets of New Julfa--at that time a sleepy small Armenian town. Isfahan then was a modern and open city; women usually went unveiled, everyone was friendly and hospitable, and the city was as far from today's dismal extremism as could be imagined. As a world-systems researcher, I needed to read this book, but as a lover of old Isfahan I savored every page of it. It is valuable far beyond the world of Armenian or mercantile studies.

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Michael Boyajian

The birth of globalism

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2019

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From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean tells the story of the Julfa Armenians as the first global trade network.

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Roubina

Captivating book

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2018

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Very interesting book on the first Armenian traders trading from Iran to Asia!

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SucceedinAmerica

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2018

Fascinating research.

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Sofi

Amazing work

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2012

What can I said that has not been said by reviews of this book? This is an amazing study drawing from an incredibly rich trove of archival sources and providing a cogent analysis. It's a first on many fronts and will probably be a classic. Really fascinating material!

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Madeleine

A descriptive take on microhistory

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2013

Footnote leaden and burdensome prose. As a former student, I found the research
in this book highly commendable, but the task of asking large questions in small
places as Charles Joyner put it, largely fails here. This is a work that is more historical
sensation than historical reality: to assume one can reconstruct history through a
large number of epistolary exchanges and logs, overlooks the fact that most of micro-
history (the overwhelming most) at the level of the individual actor is not even written,
let alone recorded. A largely "fact"-obsessed book, lacking in analytical rigor or theoretical
innovation. Mostly middling.

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Alex C. Michalos

Excellent book

Reviewed in Canada on May 9, 2019

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This is a very scholarly, good book. Probably best for experts than the general reader, but a fine piece of work.

Derrick Phillips

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2018

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Excellent book.

Xi Chen

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on January 16, 2016

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Useful reference book for my friend

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