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050	0	4	_aHF3750 _b.C676 2021
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aMoutafidou, Ariadni, _e1
245	1	0	_aThe cosmopolitan businessman : _bworld and worldview of Greek merchant-entrepreneurs / _cAriadni Moutafidou.
300			_a1 online resource (xxv, 330 pages).
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aPolitical science and history
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505	0	0	_aCommerce, the merchant, and morality in seventeenth century Europe and in the nineteenth century Levant -- _tWorld and worldview of Greek merchant families : the testimony of Demetrius Vikelas -- _tThe Mediterranean merchant : identities and charities of Giovanni di Niccolo Pappaffy -- _tGreek merchant-entrepreneurs and Jewish bankers in nineteenth century Europe and the Levant : connections, cooperation and perceptions.
520	0		_a"Ariadni Moutafidou, a well-known historian who wrote extensively about the history of Greece in modern times, focuses in her newest book, The Cosmopolitan Businessman, on the nineteenth century history of the Greek mercantile diaspora in its time of prominence. Drawing on a wide range and variety of research Moutafidou examines entrepreneurial networks formed across geographic boundaries in land and sea relating cultures, ideology and mentalities with economic practice and business performance. The author investigates cases of distinguished personalities and prominent Greek merchant-entrepreneurs and shipowners shedding light on their activities and ideas, and on how they appraised their business and their competitors. Vikelas, the first President of the International Olympic Committee, along with the Melas, Mavros and Basileiou families, Malta-based broker Pappaffy, an influential businessman of the British and Mediterranean economic world and a celebrated philanthropist, the Rallis, Petrocochinos and Salvagos, Syngros and the Zarifis, are only few of the many captivating figures appearing in the book. Moutafidou thoroughly looks into sources such as memoirs, literature, archives, commercial trade books, the press as well as family records and references made by rival businessmen. She compares various historical times, regions and ethnic groups, and draws useful parallels and/or differences with the Greek case. In the process, she investigates the relations between distinct, ethnic mercantile communities, using the Greek case in particular and the paradigm of leading Jewish merchant-bankers West and East, such as the Bischoffsheims, Oppenheims, or Camondos, and exploring the themes of internationalization, competition and cooperation, risk and innovation. Her method allows her to enrich our knowledge about early globalization, about the importance of liberalism, and the operation of capitalist activity. An original book, unique in its field. Historians, their students, and an interested public as well, will greatly appreciate this significant contribution to the study of economic, social and cultural history of the Greek mercantile diaspora, Europe and the Mediterranean world"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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650		0	_aMerchants _zGreece _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aShipowners _zGreece _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aEntrepreneurship _zGreece _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aGreeks _zForeign countries _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aGreeks _xCommerce _y19th century.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password. _uhttpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2730438&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell