TY - BOOK AU - Salonia,Matteo TI - Genoa's freedom: Entrepreneurship, republicanism, and the Spanish Atlantic T2 - Empires and entanglements in the early modern world SN - 9781498534222 AV - HB1 .G466 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Lanham, Maryland PB - Lexington Books KW - Economics KW - Italy KW - Genoa KW - History KW - Business enterprises KW - Republicanism KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1469006&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -