The Free Port of Livorno and the Transformation of the Mediterranean World

Corey Tazzara

• The first study of the free port of Livorno, the earliest and most influential free port in Europe
• Examines how modern free trade was born from the early modern tradition of free ports
• Situates free ports in a longer lineage of free trade as a precursor to the modern special economic zone
• Revises our understanding of early modern commodity markets and the sociology of commerce
• Incorporates the sociology of knowledge into the development of political economy

The Free Port of Livorno and the Transformation of the Mediterranean World

Corey Tazzara

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The Free Port of Livorno and the Transformation of the Mediterranean World

Corey Tazzara

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The Free Port of Livorno and the Transformation of the Mediterranean World

Corey Tazzara

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Corey Tazzara

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The Free Port of Livorno and the Transformation of the Mediterranean World

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The forgotten history of free trade: the Medici dynasty and Livorno

The Medici had everything, almost. They got immensely rich as bankers during the fifteenth century. As patrons of the arts they assembled some of the finest collections in Italy. They placed two scions on the papal throne as Leo X and Clement VII. They won political control over the city of Florence. The Medici lacked only one thing to render their earthly felicity complete: they lacked a port city.

Posted on March 20, 2018

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