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Photochromprints<p>Kairo. Venduers d'eau fraîche dans les rues Zürich : Photoglob Company, ca. 1890-1910 Water carriers,Merchants,Egypt Cairo </p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Kairo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kairo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zürich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/PhotoglobCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhotoglobCompany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Merchants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Cairo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cairo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Islamic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Islamic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/historicalPhotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historicalPhotos</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017657445/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">loc.gov/pictures/item/20176574</span><span class="invisible">45/</span></a></p>
Lucas Haasis<p>Interested in early modern merchants, 18th century letters, the materiality of a business archive, Atlantic trade, France, Hamburg, maritime neutrality, the Prize Papers or microhistory? My book was republished last month by @transcriptweb in Open Access.<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histodons</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/maritimehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>maritimehistory</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/merchants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>merchants</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/letters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>letters</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/historikerinnen" class="u-url mention">@<span>historikerinnen</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783839456521" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">degruyter.com/document/doi/10.</span><span class="invisible">1515/9783839456521</span></a></p>
Ryan C. Smith<p>Episode 2 of A History of Capitalism is now live! In this week's episode, we talk about pre-modern trade. Trade across three continents was not an easy task. In this episode we meet the merchants and markets who made goods move through the eyes of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta.</p><p>Listen here, on Spotify, iHeart, and wherever you get your podcasts!<br><a href="https://www.spreaker.com/user/17170422/merchants-markets-and-trade" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spreaker.com/user/17170422/mer</span><span class="invisible">chants-markets-and-trade</span></a></p><p><a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <br><a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <br><a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <br><a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/economichistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economichistory</span></a> <br><a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <br><a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/Trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trade</span></a><br><a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/merchants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merchants</span></a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/econhist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>econhist</span></a></span></p>
Bríd McGrath<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://historians.social/@LHaasis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LHaasis</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/historikerinnen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>historikerinnen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/earlymodernmaritimestudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>earlymodernmaritimestudies</span></a></span> no I’m looking for information on <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> #<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/merchants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merchants</span></a>, their ships, destinations &amp; cargos.</p>
Susanne Rau<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/medievodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>medievodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/earlymodern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>earlymodern</span></a></span> </p><p>Exhibition opens today at 10 am </p><p><a href="https://www.stadtgeschichtliches-museum-leipzig.de/besuch/unsere-haeuser/altes-rathaus/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">stadtgeschichtliches-museum-le</span><span class="invisible">ipzig.de/besuch/unsere-haeuser/altes-rathaus/</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fairs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cities</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/merchants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merchants</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Leipzig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leipzig</span></a></p>
Lucas Haasis<p>Elisabeth Heijmans (University of Antwerp). Book Review: <br />The Power of Persuasion. Becoming a Merchant in the 18th Century, Bielefeld 2022. </p><p>H-Soz-Kult: <a href="https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-117334" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hsozkult.de/publicationreview/</span><span class="invisible">id/reb-117334</span></a></p><p>It&#39;s great to hear that there are still people in this world who read books with 600 and more pages :) </p><p>I am very grateful for this review. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/merchants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>merchants</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/letters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>letters</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/microhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microhistory</span></a></p>
Lucas Haasis<p>I&#39;m a little emotional today since I just heard that my book made it to the - hsozkult - starting page thanks to Elisabeth Heijmans&#39; wonderful book review. </p><p><a href="https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-117334?title=l-haasis-the-power-of-persuasion" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hsozkult.de/publicationreview/</span><span class="invisible">id/reb-117334?title=l-haasis-the-power-of-persuasion</span></a></p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/merchants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>merchants</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/microhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microhistory</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/letters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>letters</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/prizepapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>prizepapers</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/earlymodernmaritimestudies" class="u-url mention">@<span>earlymodernmaritimestudies</span></a></span> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/earlymodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>earlymodons</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histodons</span></a></p>
mostaleoht<p>I was initially skeptical of this story, but it proved to be real! At some point (around 18 - early 19 century) in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, artists painted <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Orthodox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orthodox</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/icons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icons</span></a> on... dried <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> !</p><p>How come? TLDR: these icons were used a sort of a very special professional <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/protective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protective</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/charm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charm</span></a> by a particular type of traveling <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/merchants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merchants</span></a>. For a bit more details (and illustrations), see the thread below 👇 </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magic</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/apotropaic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apotropaic</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/iconography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iconography</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/icon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icon</span></a></p>