Ottoman and Dutch merchants in the eighteenth century competition and cooperation in Ankara, Izmir, and Amsterdam
This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (mostly Greeks and Armenians) and their European competitors in the eighteenth century. In particular, it investigates two major developments: the Dutch attempts to penetrate the mohair trade in Ankara and th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2012
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| Series: | Ottoman Empire and its heritage
v. 50 |
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| Summary: | This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (mostly Greeks and Armenians) and their European competitors in the eighteenth century. In particular, it investigates two major developments: the Dutch attempts to penetrate the mohair trade in Ankara and the local resistance they faced, and the Ottoman non-Muslim merchant's infiltration of the Dutch Levant trade and the Dutch reaction to this form of Ottoman 'expansion'. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 352 pages 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9789004225176 |