Beyond empires : global, self-organizing, cross-imperial networks, 1500-1800

Intro -- Beyond Empires: Global, Self-Organizing, Cross-Imperial Networks, 1500-1800 -- Copyright -- Contents -- General Editor's Foreword -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1: The Evolution of Norms in Trade and Financial Networks in the First Global Age: The Case of the Simon Ruiz's Network -- 2: Trans-Imperial and Cross-Cultural Networks for the Slave Trade, 1580s-1800s -- 3: Dutch and English Approaches to Cross-Cultural Trade in Mughal India and the Problem of Trust, 1600-1630 -- 4: 'The Japanese Connection': Self-Organized Smuggling Networks in Nagasaki circa 1666-1742 -- 5: The Pirate Round: Globalized Sea Robbery and Self-Organizing Trans-Maritime Networks around 1700 -- 6: Merchant Cooperation in Society and State: A Case Study in the Hispanic Monarchy -- 7: In the Shadow of the Companies: Empires of Trade in the Orient and Informal Entrepreneurship -- 8: Smuggling for Survival: Self-Organized, Cross-Imperial Colony Building in Essequibo and Demerara, 1746-1796 -- 9: Trading with Asia without a Colonial Empire in Asia: Swedish Merchant Networks and Chartered Company Trade, 1760-1790 -- 10: Was Warfare Necessary for the Functioning of Eighteenth-Century Colonial Systems? Some Reflections on the Necessity of Cross-Imperial and Foreign Trade in the French Case -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.