ISBN: 9780857711106

When the English Levant Company was granted a potentially lucrative monopoly of trade with the Ottoman Empire by Elizabeth I in 1581, it could not have known that with this privilege woul… Mehr…

When the English Levant Company was granted a potentially lucrative monopoly of trade with the Ottoman Empire by Elizabeth I in 1581, it could not have known that with this privilege would come the burden of funding and providing, for more than two centuries, Britain's entire diplomatic representation at the Sultan's court and throughout the extensive Ottoman territories. The Company's trading posts were to become effectively the forerunners of the United Kingdom's embassies and consulates in the region today. In this book, Christine Laidlaw, whose interest in the Levant Company arose during her career in the British Diplomatic Service, studies the small communities of Britons who lived and worked in the Levant at the three principal factories established by the Company at Istanbul, Izmir and Aleppo. She focuses on the eighteenth century, a period of slow but steady decline which immediately preceded the onset of the imperialist era in the region, and which would culminate in the Company's demise in 1825. The detail of the Levant trade itself and the merchants who engaged in it has been recorded by others. This book is concerned rather with those occupants of the factories whose prime purpose was not direct involvement in commerce, but whose collective presence supported and facilitated 'the Turkey trade'. This supporting cast of officials, clergymen, physicians and accompanying families provided structure and order to these far-flung communities, and served to maintain within them some semblance of the English polite society of the period. Christine Laidlaw examines their contribution and, using both official records and contemporary personal accounts, records their perceptions and brings to light some of the personal joys and tragedies which they experienced in their association with the Company. Trade and Perceptions of the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century I.B. Tauris Asian History 9781848853355 DE,GB,US,ES,IT,FR,MX English History, Bloomsbury Publishing<

ISBN: 9780857711106

For more than two centuries following its formation in 1581, the Levant Company enjoyed a monopoly of British trade with the Ottoman Empire and provided Britain's diplomatic representatio… Mehr…

For more than two centuries following its formation in 1581, the Levant Company enjoyed a monopoly of British trade with the Ottoman Empire and provided Britain's diplomatic representation at the Sultan's court and throughout the Ottoman territories.Rather than focusing on 'the Turkey trade' itself, or on the merchants who engaged in it, Christine Laidlaw examines the supporting cast of Britons - officials, clergymen, physicians and accompanying family members - who lived and worked alongside the merchants at the Company's three principal trading posts at Istanbul, Izmir and Aleppo during the eighteenth century.This unique perspective will be invaluable for historians of the eighteenth century and the Ottoman Empire. 'This book contributes to the social and economic history of Britain and the Middle East by exploring the social life of the Levant Company in a way which no one has yet done.Instead of treating the Levant Company as purely an economic organisation, the book charts a new direction by delving into the social, scientific, religious, collegial and family-based life of the company.This is a must read for anyone interested in the Levant Company.It also sheds interesting light on the diverse forms and motivations involved in early modern European commercial expansion.' - John Chalcraft, Reader in the History and Politics of Empire/Imperialism, London School of Economics and Political Science; EPUB; History & Transport > Humamities > Regional & national history > Asian history > Middle Eastern hist, Floris Books<

ISBN: 9780857711106

British in the Levant:Trade and Perceptions of the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century Christine Laidlaw British in the Levant:Trade and Perceptions of the Ottoman Empire in the Eigh… Mehr…

British in the Levant:Trade and Perceptions of the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century Christine Laidlaw British in the Levant:Trade and Perceptions of the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century Christine Laidlaw eBooks > Belletristik > Erzählungen, I.B.Tauris<

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