Genoa and the Sea
Subtitle: Policy and Power in an Early Modern Maritime Republic, 1559--1684 (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: March 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780801880834
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; History: World; Europe - Italy; Development - Economic Development; History - General History; History, Naval; Italy; Genoa (Italy); Economic History; Maritime History; Business & Economics / Economic Development; 17th century; Europe - General; 1528-1789; 16th century; History
First sentence: Genoa faces the sea.
Description: "Thomas Allison Kirk reconstructs the early modern Mediterranean world and studies Genoa's attempts to evolve in the dynamic political and economic landscape. He focuses on efforts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to revive shipbuilding and maritime commerce as a counterbalance to the city's volatile financial sector. A key component to the plan was a free-port policy that attracted merchants and stimulated trade." "Through extensive research and close reading of primary documents, Kirk discusses the underpinnings of this complex early modern republic. Genoa's transformations offer insight into the significant and sweeping changes that were taking place all over Europe."--Jacket.