From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean : The global trade networks of Armenian merchants from New Julfa / Sebouh David Aslanian.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-343) and index.

From trade diasporas to circulation society ; Old Julfa, the great deportations, and the founding of New Julfa, 1604/1620 ;The new Julfan trade network I: the world of the Indian Ocean ; The New Julfan trade network II: the Mediterranean, Western European, and Russian Networks ; "The salt in a merchant's letter": the art of writing business correspondence, the courier system, and their role in Julfan economy and society ; Social capital, "trust" and the role of networks in Julfan trade: informal and semi-formal institutions at work ; The circulation of men and credit: the role of the commenda, the family firm and of non-circulating women in Julfan society ; From coalition to nation: the collapse and transformation of the Julfan trade network.