LEADER 03866oam 2200469I 450 001 9910969889503321 005 20251117104646.0 010 $a1-351-56898-1 010 $a1-351-56899-X 010 $a1-315-09473-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315094731 035 $a(CKB)4100000000727862 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4907195 035 $a(OCoLC)1001886084 035 $a(BIP)63381956 035 $a(BIP)49497791 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000727862 100 $a20180706d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aEarly modern trading networks in Europe $ecooperation and the case of Simon Ruiz /$fAna Sofia Ribeiro 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, NY :$cRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (2,016 pages) $cillustrations, maps, tables 225 1 $aPerspectives in Economic and Social History ;$v39 311 08$a1-84893-537-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA model for the study of historic business cooperation -- The evolution of the simon ruiz network and partner choice criteria -- The proximity to power -- Endogamy in early modern trade : a necessity? the case of the simon ruiz network 5. mechanisms of economic cooperation and competition between simon ruiz and his agents in portugal, 1557-1580 -- Informal promoters of merchant cooperation : the power of trust, gossip and reputation. 330 $aIn the early modern period, trade became a truly global phenomenon. The logistics, financial and organizational complexity associated with it increased in order to connect distant geographies and merchants from different backgrounds. How did these merchants prevent their partners from dishonesty in a time where formal institutions and legislation did not traverse these different worlds? This book studies the mechanisms and criteria of cooperation in early modern trading networks. It uses an interdisciplinary approach, through the case study of a Castilian long-distance merchant of the sixteenth century, Simon Ruiz, who traded within the limits of the Portuguese and Spanish overseas empires. Early Modern Trading Networks in Europe discusses the importance of reciprocity mechanisms, trust and reputation in the context of early modern business relations, using network analysis methodology, combining quantitative data with qualitative information. It considers how cooperation and prevention could simultaneously create a business relationship, and describes the mechanisms of control, policing and punishment used to avoid opportunism and deception among a group of business partners. Using bills of exchange and correspondence from Simon Ruiz?s private archive, it charts the evolution of this business network through time, debating which criteria should be included or excluded from business networks, as well as the emergence of standards. This book intends to put forward a new approach to early modern trade which focusses on individuals interacting in self-organized structures, rather than on States or Empires. It shows how indirect reciprocity was much more frequent than direct reciprocity among early modern merchants and how informal norms, like ostracism and signalling, helped to prevent defection and deception in an effective way. This book will be of interest to all early modern historians, especially those with an interest 410 0$aPerspectives in economic and social history ;$v39. 607 $aEurope$xCommerce$xHistory 676 $a381.094 700 $aRibeiro$b Ana Sofia.$01870418 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969889503321 996 $aEarly modern trading networks in Europe$94478874 997 $aUNINA