| 紀錄類型: |
書目-電子資源
: 單行本
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| 副題名: |
Trade and Perceptions of the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century |
| 作者: |
LaidlawChristine., |
| 出版地: |
London |
| 出版者: |
I.B.Tauris; |
| 出版年: |
2010. |
| 面頁冊數: |
288 p. |
| 標題: |
Company of merchants of England trading to the Levant - Employees - |
| 標題: |
Company of merchants of England trading to the Levant - History. - |
| 標題: |
Great Britain - Commerce --Turkey - |
| 標題: |
Turkey --Commerce - Great Britain - |
| 電子資源: |
http://TAEBDC.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=676871 |
| 附註: |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| 摘要註: |
For more than two centuries following its formation in 1581, the Levant Company enjoyed a monopoly of British trade with the Ottoman Empire and provided Britain's diplomatic representation at the Sultan's court and throughout the Ottoman territories. Rather than focusing on 'the Turkey trade' itself, or on the merchants who engaged in it, Christine Laidlaw examines the supporting cast of Britons - officials, clergymen, physicians and accompanying family members - who lived and worked alongside the merchants at the Company's three principal trading posts at Istanbul, Izmir and Aleppo during the eighteenth century. This unique perspective will be invaluable for historians of the eighteenth century and the Ottoman Empire. _x000D__x000D_'This book contributes to the social and economic history of Britain and the Middle East by exploring the social life of the Levant Company in a way which no one has yet done. Instead of treating the Levant Company as purely an economic organisation, the book charts a new direction by delving into the social, scientific, religious, collegial and family-based life of the company. This is a must read for anyone interested in the Levant Company. It also sheds interesting light on the diverse forms and motivations involved in early modern European commercial expansion.' _x000D_- John Chalcraft, Reader in the History and Politics of Empire/Imperialism, London School of Economics and Political Science. |
| ISBN: |
9780857711106e-book |
| ISBN: |
9781848853355 |
| 內容註: |
Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introduction and Background to the Levant Company; Outline of Existing Literature; Sources and Proposed Methodology; Britain's Relations with the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century; Background to the Levant Company; The Company in the Seventeenth Century; The Company in the Eighteenth Century; 2. The Administrators; Company Organization and Finances; The Salaried Officials; Emoluments; Order and Discipline; Travellers, Houseguests amd Hangers-On; Ambassador John Murray; Conclusion; 3. The Chaplains; The Seventeenth Century |