Genoa's freedom : Entrepreneurship, republicanism, and the Spanish Atlantic /
Salonia, Matteo,
Genoa's freedom : Entrepreneurship, republicanism, and the Spanish Atlantic / Matteo Salonia. - Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, (c)2017. - 1 online resource. - Empires and entanglements in the early modern world .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Entrepreneurship and Libertà ; 1 Economy, Everyday Life, and the Expansion of Genoa's Colonies; 2 The Business Network of Giovanni da Pontremoli and Genoa's Anti-Tyrannical Institutions; 3 Self-Government and Self-Perception; Part II: Spain's "Diabolical" Friends; 4 Ferdinand the Catholic's Perception of the Genoese and of Their Role in His Economic Policy; 5 Rejecting the "Machiavellian" State; 6 Beginnings of a "Genoese Atlantic"?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
This study examines the history of medieval and early modern Genoa. It analyzes political, economic, and intellectual developments and argues that the Genoese civic character emerged from the entanglement of its unique form of republicanism and its entrepreneurial economic culture.
9781498534222
Economics--History.--Italy--Genoa
Business enterprises--History.--Italy--Genoa
Republicanism--Italy--Genoa.
Electronic Books.
HB1 / .G466 2017
Genoa's freedom : Entrepreneurship, republicanism, and the Spanish Atlantic / Matteo Salonia. - Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, (c)2017. - 1 online resource. - Empires and entanglements in the early modern world .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Entrepreneurship and Libertà ; 1 Economy, Everyday Life, and the Expansion of Genoa's Colonies; 2 The Business Network of Giovanni da Pontremoli and Genoa's Anti-Tyrannical Institutions; 3 Self-Government and Self-Perception; Part II: Spain's "Diabolical" Friends; 4 Ferdinand the Catholic's Perception of the Genoese and of Their Role in His Economic Policy; 5 Rejecting the "Machiavellian" State; 6 Beginnings of a "Genoese Atlantic"?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
This study examines the history of medieval and early modern Genoa. It analyzes political, economic, and intellectual developments and argues that the Genoese civic character emerged from the entanglement of its unique form of republicanism and its entrepreneurial economic culture.
9781498534222
Economics--History.--Italy--Genoa
Business enterprises--History.--Italy--Genoa
Republicanism--Italy--Genoa.
Electronic Books.
HB1 / .G466 2017