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The Economy of Renaissance Florence

By: Richard A. Goldthwaite.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Baltimore, Maryland, USA : The Johns Hopkins University Press , 2011Description: 649 pages.ISBN: 9781421400594.Subject(s): Florence (Italy) - Economic conditions - History - 16th century | Florence (Italy) - Economic conditions - History - 16th century -- Florence (Italy) - Economic Conditions -- Renaissance - Florence -- Italian History - 16th Century | Florence (Italy) ; Economic conditions | Renaissance ; Italy ; Florence | Electronic booksGenre/Form: Electronic booksDDC classification: 330.945 | 330.945 Online resources: Volltext | lizenzpflichtig Volltext | Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents:
Summary: Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, and Maps -- Preface -- Introduction: The Commercial Revolution -- Economic Growth and Development in Italy to 1300 -- Trade with the Levant -- Links to the North -- The Tuscan Towns -- Florence -- Rise to Predominance -- The Dynamics of Growth -- PART I: INTERNATIONAL MERCHANT BANKING -- 1 The Network -- Performance -- Structures -- The Center -- 2 The Shifting Geography of Commerce -- Northwestern Europe -- Naples and Southern Italy -- The Western Mediterranean -- Central Italy and Rome -- Venice, the Adriatic, and the Levant -- Central Europe -- 3 Banking and Finance -- Banking -- The International Exchange Market -- Government Finance -- PART II: THE URBAN ECONOMY -- 4 The Textile Industries -- General Performance -- Business Organization -- Production -- Recapitulation: Wool, Silk, and the Economy -- 5 Artisans, Shopkeepers, Workers -- The Work Force -- Performance of the Artisan Sector -- 6 Banking and Credit -- Banking Institutions through the Fifteenth Century -- Performance of the Banking Sector -- Banking outside of Banks -- New Directions in the Sixteenth Century -- 7 Contexts -- Government and the Economy -- The Region and the City -- Private Wealth -- Conclusion -- Economic Culture -- Attitudes and Behavior -- Notions about the Economy -- Performance -- The Economy in the Short Run -- A Final Judgment -- Appendix: Changing Values of the Florin -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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""Contents""; ""List of Tables, Figures, and Maps""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: The Commercial Revolution""; ""Economic Growth and Development in Italy to 1300""; ""Trade with the Levant""; ""Links to the North""; ""The Tuscan Towns""; ""Florence""; ""Rise to Predominance""; ""The Dynamics of Growth""; ""PART I: INTERNATIONAL MERCHANT BANKING""; ""1 The Network""; ""Performance""; ""Structures""; ""The Center""; ""2 The Shifting Geography of Commerce""; ""Northwestern Europe""; ""Naples and Southern Italy""; ""The Western Mediterranean""; ""Central Italy and Rome""

""Venice, the Adriatic, and the Levant""""Central Europe""; ""3 Banking and Finance""; ""Banking""; ""The International Exchange Market""; ""Government Finance""; ""PART II: THE URBAN ECONOMY""; ""4 The Textile Industries""; ""General Performance""; ""Business Organization""; ""Production""; ""Recapitulation: Wool, Silk, and the Economy""; ""5 Artisans, Shopkeepers, Workers""; ""The Work Force""; ""Performance of the Artisan Sector""; ""6 Banking and Credit""; ""Banking Institutions through the Fifteenth Century""; ""Performance of the Banking Sector""; ""Banking outside of Banks""

""New Directions in the Sixteenth Century""""7 Contexts""; ""Government and the Economy""; ""The Region and the City""; ""Private Wealth""; ""Conclusion""; ""Economic Culture""; ""Attitudes and Behavior""; ""Notions about the Economy""; ""Performance""; ""The Economy in the Short Run""; ""A Final Judgment""; ""Appendix: Changing Values of the Florin""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, and Maps -- Preface -- Introduction: The Commercial Revolution -- Economic Growth and Development in Italy to 1300 -- Trade with the Levant -- Links to the North -- The Tuscan Towns -- Florence -- Rise to Predominance -- The Dynamics of Growth -- PART I: INTERNATIONAL MERCHANT BANKING -- 1 The Network -- Performance -- Structures -- The Center -- 2 The Shifting Geography of Commerce -- Northwestern Europe -- Naples and Southern Italy -- The Western Mediterranean -- Central Italy and Rome -- Venice, the Adriatic, and the Levant -- Central Europe -- 3 Banking and Finance -- Banking -- The International Exchange Market -- Government Finance -- PART II: THE URBAN ECONOMY -- 4 The Textile Industries -- General Performance -- Business Organization -- Production -- Recapitulation: Wool, Silk, and the Economy -- 5 Artisans, Shopkeepers, Workers -- The Work Force -- Performance of the Artisan Sector -- 6 Banking and Credit -- Banking Institutions through the Fifteenth Century -- Performance of the Banking Sector -- Banking outside of Banks -- New Directions in the Sixteenth Century -- 7 Contexts -- Government and the Economy -- The Region and the City -- Private Wealth -- Conclusion -- Economic Culture -- Attitudes and Behavior -- Notions about the Economy -- Performance -- The Economy in the Short Run -- A Final Judgment -- Appendix: Changing Values of the Florin -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

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