Economics 315

Genoa - Vernazza

Today we travel from Milan to Vernazza with a mid-day stop in Genoa, legendary birthplace of Columbus and one of Italy's former maritime republics, a city built on trade.  Read the first chapter from Stephen Epstein's book Genoa and the Genoese to develop your understanding of the role Genoa's environment played in her development as a maritime republic.  We settle in for an evening presentationat Riomaggiore Castle by Mr. Gianluca Pasini introducing us to Cinque Terre National Park.

Readings

Byrne, Eugene H., “Genoese Trade with Syria in the Twelfth Century,” American Historical Review 1920

Cole, Margaret H., "The Investment of Wealth in Thirteenth Century Genoa," Economic History Review 1938

Greif, Avner, "Reputation and Coalitions in Medieval Trade: Evidence on the Maghribi Traders," Journal of Economic History (December 1989)

Greif, Avner, "The Organization of Long Distance Trade: Reputation and Coalitions in the Geniza Documents and Genoa During the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries," Journal of Economic History 1991

Greif, Avner, "On the Political Foundations of the Late Medieval Commercial Revolution: Genoa during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries," Journal of Economic History 1994

Hoover, Calvin, B., “The Sea Loan in Genoa in the Twelfth Century,” Quarterly Journal of Economics 1926

Lopez, Robert S., "Market Expansion: The Case of Genoa," Journal of Economic History 1964

Nelli, Humbert O., "The Earliest Insurance Contract: A New Discovery," Journal of Risk and Insurance 1972

Reynolds, R. L., "Some English Settlers in Genoa in the Late Twelfth Century," Economic History Review 1933

Lopez, Robert, "The English and the Manufacture of Writing Materials in Genoa," Economic History Review 1940