{"product_id":"cultures-of-exchange-mercantile-mentalities-between-italy-the-world-xii-xvi-c-hardcover","title":"Cultures of Exchange: Mercantile Mentalities Between Italy \u0026 the World (XII-XVI C.) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusanna Barsella\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Caferro\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGermano Maifreda\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCultures of Exchange\u003c\/em\u003e examines the mercantile culture of the Italian peninsula, whose wealth and geographic location made it a focal point of cultural exchange in the Mediterranean. The volume explores the integration of the peninsula into international and global networks, the effect on societal structures and attitudes, and the role in the transfer and reception of knowledge, goods, and peoples. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusanna Barsella, William Caferro, and Germano Maifreda bring together the work of an array of scholars - literary critics, art historians, numismatists, and historians - using diverse methodologies that provide a genuinely interdisciplinary discussion of a field that is still in its elemental stages. The chapters in the volume deal with interrelated issues from diverse perspectives, questioning whether cultural exchange also involved cultural appropriation, while interrogating the political, economic, social, religious, material, artistic, gendered, and racial aspects of exchange. Essays on cartography offer a strong visual component to the book, and the use of digital humanities adds to the methodological sophistication in assessing primary source materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing into conversation the work of a broad range of scholars, \u003cem\u003eCultures of Exchange\u003c\/em\u003e is written with accessibility and readability in mind and is a major intervention in the growing field of Mediterranean Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusanna Barsella\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of Italian at Fordham University. \u003cb\u003eWilliam P. Caferro\u003c\/b\u003e is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Humanities and professor of classical and mediterranean studies at Vanderbilt University. \u003cb\u003eGermano Maifreda\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of economic history at the University of Milan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 474\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.51 x 9.14 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48480823443705,"sku":"9781487549879","price":129.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/E9X6hfchtr9781487549879.webp?v=1780523572","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/cultures-of-exchange-mercantile-mentalities-between-italy-the-world-xii-xvi-c-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}