Introduction: political economies of empire 1. The medieval background 2. The reversal of the balance 3. The Ottoman Levant 4. Genoa, Venice and Livorno (a tale of three cities) 5. Trade, violence and diplomacy 6. Diplomacy, trade and religion 7. The Venetian peculiarities 8. The English mercantile community in Venice 9. The English and other mercantile communities 10. The goods of the trade 11. Empires and governance in the Mediterranean 12. Coda and conclusions Bibliography Index.
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