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Reti marittime come fattori dell’integrazione europea / Maritime Networks as a Factor in European Integration

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  • Giampiero Nigro,

This wide-ranging theme takes Braudel’s concept of the “Mediterranean” as its starting point. Braudel’s vision of an enclosed sea as a geographical opportunity for economic integration between nations with different religions, languages and ethnicities and political bodies still functions as a model for studies on a wide range of contexts. The goal of the 50th Study Week was to go beyond the study of individual systems in isolation, and to combine instead different analysis of open and enclosed seas or coastal areas in order to understand the integration role played by maritime connections in Europe. Since in pre-industrial civilizations water transport was easier than land transport, the time has come to bring attention to the way these relationship networks operated both on a European level and with Asian and North African trade partners. This volume starts from the great research traditions which have, however, rarely been integrated on a larger and continental scale, and analyses them on either a regional or thematic basis. Immanuel Wallerstein has developed Braudel’s concept by conceptualising its intercultural and transnational dimensions and its role in the system of labour. He called it a "world system", not because it involves the whole world, but because it is larger than any legally defined political unit. And it is a "world economy" because the base link between the different parts of the system has an economic nature. The various regional research aspects and traditions have been linked together in a coherent approach which aims at evaluating: - What geographical, nautical, technical, economic, legal, social and cultural elements influenced the emergence of the various regional networks, and how these worked; - The nature and role of seaports as nodal points of sea routes and of their hinterland through rivers, canals and roads; - The commercial and personal ties between merchants and shipowners in various ports; - How regional networks connected with each other and how, over time, they ended up integrating into larger units; - How private networks, initially between merchant and seafarer organizations, ended up dealing with local authorities and, after their growth, with states and empires in order to protect their interests.

  • Keywords:
  • Mediterranean,
  • maritime networks,
  • Middle Ages,
  • modern age,
  • Europe,
  • maritime trade,
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Giampiero Nigro

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-1008-1153

Giampiero Nigro is a Professor at the University of Florence and the author of several publications on the organization of traffic in the Mediterranean Sea during the late Middle Ages, on the history of coin and bank and on consumption and nutrition in different social classes. He is also interested in the characteristics of the textile district of Prato between the 19th and 20th century. He is Scientific Director of the "F. Datini" International Institute of Economic History.

Michael North

Mari connessi
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pp.5-25


In che modo le rotte di navigazione sono servite come elemento di connessione? / How did shipping routes serve as a connecting force?
In che modo i punti nodali hanno messo in relazione sfere commerciali diverse? / How did nodal points bring together different commercial spheres?

Manuel F. Fernández Chaves, Rafael M. Pérez García

Textiles Market in 16th-Century Seville: Business and Mercantile Groups
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pp.317-338


In che misura il libero scambio e il protezionismo facilitarono l’integrazione di reti marittime? / To what extent did free trade and protection facilitate the integration of maritime networks?
Quali caratteristiche dello scambio culturale o di prodotti particolari sono serviti a integrare le reti marittime? / Which features of cultural exchange served to integrate maritime networks or were their particular products?
Scambi intercontinentali / Intercontinental exchanges
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Book Title

Reti marittime come fattori dell’integrazione europea / Maritime Networks as a Factor in European Integration

Editors

Giampiero Nigro

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592

Publication Year

2019

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© 2019 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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Firenze University Press

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10.36253/978-88-6453-856-3

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978-88-6453-856-3

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978-88-6453-857-0

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Atti delle «Settimane di Studi» e altri Convegni

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2704-6354

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2704-5668

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