Genoese Entrepreneurship and the Asiento Slave Trade, 1650-1700

The book explores how Genoese entrepreneurs transformed global trade during the seventeenth century, creating a monopolistic asientos for the exploitation of the trans-imperial and intra-American slave trade. It challenges established views of a period traditionally interrogated from a northern European mercantile perspective and offers valuable insights into the agents, economic practices, and geographies of trade that disrupt traditional narratives of the Rise of the West.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 294 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This captivating book delves into the fascinating story of how Genoese entrepreneurs revolutionized the global trade landscape during the second half of the seventeenth century. The author skillfully reconstructs the intricate business network established by the remarkable Genoese merchant Domenico Grillo, spanning from the Mediterranean to the Pacific South America. Grillo's business ventures extended across the Spanish, Dutch, and English Atlantic, creating a vast network that interconnected various regions. With his innovative approach, he and his associates pioneered a groundbreaking business model that would later be emulated by Dutch, French, and English traders in the following decades. This model involved the establishment of monopolistic asientos, which were used to exploit the trans-imperial and intra-American slave trade to Spanish America. By offering a comprehensive and interconnected history of capitalism across trans-continental geographies and diverse empires, this book challenges the traditional narratives of the Rise of the West. It provides valuable insights into the agents, economic practices, and geographies of trade that defy easy categorization and disrupt the established frameworks. Chapter 6 of this remarkable work is graciously made available as a freely downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. You can access this valuable resource at http://www.taylorfrancis.com.

Weight: 570g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032150369