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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Main Author: Kadi, Ismail Hakki.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage 50.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223295.

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Call Number: HF3756.5 .K33 2012

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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'.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004230323
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