Trade and Institutions in the Medieval Mediterranean: the Geniza Merchants and their Business World
In: Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series
1. Introduction: two tales -- Part I. Institutions: 2. Merchants in their community; 3. The uses of commercial correspondence; 4. The nature of merchants' trade; 5. The human landscape: business relationships, institutions of law and government; 6. Conclusion to Part I -- Part II. Geographies: 7. The geography of information; 8. Commodities in a regional market; 9. Individual geographies of trade; 10. The contracting geography of the eleventh-century merchant network; 11. Conclusion: the Mediterranean through the eyes of Geniza merchants.
