Merchants and Trade Networks in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean,

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2 Merchants and Trade Networks in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, This collected volume explores the ways merchants managed to connect different spaces ali over the globe in the early modern period by organising the movement of goods, capital, information and cultural objects between different commercial maritime systems in the Mediterranean and Atlantic basin. Merchants and Trade Networks in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, consists of fo ur thematic blocs: theoretical considerations, the social composition of networks, connected spaces, and networks between formal and informal exchange, as well as possible failures of ties. This edited volume features eleven contributions which deal with theoretical concepts such as social network analysis, globalisation, social capital and trust. In addition, severa! chapters analyse the coexistence of monocultural and transnational networks, deal with network failure and shifting network geographies, and assess the impact of kinship for building up international networks between the Mediterranean and the Atlanti c. This work evaluates the use of specific network types for building up connections across the Mediterranean and t~ e Atlantic Basin stretching out to Central Europe, the North Sea and the Pacific. This book will be of interest to those who study the history of economics and maritime economics, as well as historians and scholars from other disciplines working on maritime shipping, port studies, migration, foreign mercantile communities, trade policies and mercantilism. Manuel Herrero Sánchez is Associate Professor of Early Modern History at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, Spain. Klemens Kaps is a post-doc-researcher at the lnstitute for Economic and Social History ofvienna University, Austria.

3 First published by Routledge 2 Park Square, Mi lton Park, Abi ngdon, Oxon OX 14 4RN and by Routledge 7 11 Third Avenue, New York, NY Routledge is an imprint ofthe Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business selection and editorial matter, Manuel Herrero Sánchez and Kl emens Kaps; individual chapters, the contri butors The right ofmanuel Herrero Sánchez and Kl emens Kaps to be identified as the authors ofthe editorial material, and of the authors fo r their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 ofthe Copyri ght, Designs and Patents Act Ali rights reserved. o part ofthi s book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any in formation storage or retrieval system, without permission in writi ng from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only fo r identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British librc11y Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for thi s book is avai lable from th e British Library Library ofcongress Cataloging in Publication Data Names: Herrero Sánchez, Manuel, editor. 1 Kaps, Kl emens, editor. Title: Merchants and trade networks in the Atlanti c and the Mediterranean, : connectors of commercial maritime systems / edited by Manuel Herrero Sánchez and Klemens Kaps. Description: New York : Routledge, ldentifiers: LCCN ISBN (hardback) 1 ISBN (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Mediterranean Sea- Commerce- History. 1 Atlantic Ocean-Commerce- History. 1 Merchants- Mediterranean Region- History. I Merchants-Atlantic Ocean Region- History. Classification: LCC HF38 1.M I DDC /l--dc23 LC record ava ilable at ISBN : (hbk) ISBN: (ebk) Typeset in Times New Roman by diacritech, Chennai Conte11 List offi.. List oftc List of e( 1 Connectc to the stu MA UEL Hl PARTI Merchant "' and globalis historiograp 2 Social ca long-disti XAB IER L A~ 3 Understa historical MONTSERRJ D FSC MIX Paper from re1pon1lbl1 souron FSC" C Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CRO 4YY 4 Merchant to global eighteentl A A CRESPC

4 Contents List aj.figures and maps List of tables List of contributors Vll Vlll IX 1 Connectors, networks and commercial systems: approaches to the study of early modern maritime commercial history MANUE L HERRERO SÁNC HEZ AN O KLEMENS KA PS PARTI Merchant networks, early modero long-distance trade and globalisation: theoretical considerations and historiographical reappraisal 2 Social capital, networks and trust in early modern long-distance trade: a critical appraisal XA BI ER LAM IKIZ 3 Understanding networking: theoretical framework and historical evidence MONTSERRAT CACHERO VINUESA 4 Merchants and the beating of a butterfly's wings: from local to global in the transfer of economic behaviour models in the eighteenth century ANA CRESPO SOLANA

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