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Xabier Lamikiz Universidad Autónoma de Madrid BOOK: X. LAMIKIZ, Trade and Trust in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World: Spanish Merchants and their Overseas Networks (Woodbridge, Royal Historical Society, 2010). ABSTRACT: Fruitfully combining approaches from economic history and the cultural history of commerce, this book examines the role of interpersonal trust in underpinning trade, amid the challenges and uncertainties of the eighteenth-century Atlantic. It focuses on the nature of mercantile activity in two parts of Spain: Cadiz in the south, and its trade with Spain's American empire; and Bilbao in the north, and its trade with western and northern Europe. In particular, it explores the processes of trade, trading networks and communications, seeking to understand merchant behaviour, especially the choices made by individuals when conducting business - and specifically with whom they chose to deal. Drawing from a broad range of Spanish, Peruvian and British archival sources, the book reveals merchants' experiences of trusting their agents and correspondents, and shows how different factors, from distance to legal frameworks and ethnicity, affected their ability to rely on their contacts. |
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List Affiliations: | Reviewer for H-LatAm |
Reviews: | "Canción que de Indias con el oro viene" |
Interests: | Atlantic History / Studies |
Bio: XABIER LAMIKIZ earned a PhD in history from the University of London – Royal Holloway in 2006. After a two-year postdoctoral fellowship held at University College London, he is currently Assistant Professor of Economic History at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. His articles have appeared in Revista de Historia Económica, International Journal of Maritime History, and Hispanic American Historical Review. He is the author of "Trade and Trust in the Eightenth-Century Atlantic World: Spanish Merchants and their Overseas Networks" (2010). At present he is working on a critical edition of a confiscated cache of merchant letters in Spanish, which will be published by the University of the Basque Country. |