It takes the reader on a journey into the ordinary world of marvelous monsters, strange women and astonishing events. Francesca trivellatos research works yale university, ct. What a forgotten legend about jews and finance tells us about the making of european commercial society princeton university. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Her latest book is the promise and peril of credit. Trivellatos study casts on the overall character of european trade with north africa, the middle east, and india over a long chronological span, it is fair enough on her part to dub her enterprise global history on a small scale. This microhistory is an excellent example of this approach. Bentley, 9781108407748, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The most adequate book length account on microhistory, i believe, would be a microhistory of microhistory. At first sight, global history and microhistory have little in common, and this essay takes stock of where their methods.
A book of mine, entitled the cheese and the worms, which has been translated to many languages including russian, has been paradoxically regarded as a sort of a typical example of microhistory. At first sight, global history and microhistory have little in common, and this essay takes stock of where their methods and goals diverge. Microhistory was a joint project which had been put forward by a group of italian historians in the late 70s giovanni levi, eduardo grendi, carlo poni, me, belonging more or less to the same generation. Microhistory is a genre of history writing which focuses on small units of research, such as an event, community, individual, or a settlement. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Mellon professor in the school of historical studies at the institute for advanced study. While such an adequate account would certainly possess the merit of being selfexplanatory, at the same time it would rather automatically.
Is there a future for italian microhistory in the age of. Francesca trivellato is professor and director of graduate studies in the. Francesca trivellato is a historian of early modern europe and the mediterranean. Trivellato, who is a former hans kohn member 2012 in the school, is currently the barton m. The familiarity of strangers by francesca trivellato yale university press 470 pages. Taking a new approach to the study of crosscultural trade, this book blends archival research with historical narrative and economic analysis to understand how the sephardic jews of livorno. Microhistory and global history twentythird annual joseph and rebecca meyerhoff lecture. It does so through the lens of a persistent legend about jews and money that reflected the anxieties surrounding the rise of impersonal credit markets. What a forgotten legend about jews and finance tells us about the making of european commercial society princeton university press, 2019. May 10, 2017 francesca trivellato, newly named as the barton m. His research and teaching activity is centered around historical anthropology and microhistory.
Professor carlo ginzburg, emeritus ucla in conversation with professor francesca trivellato, institute for advanced study, princeton university. Apr 06, 2009 a professor of history at yale, professor francesca trivellato specializes in the social and economic history of italy, continental europe and the mediterranean in the early modern period. He is currently preparing two books on precious stones in the early. The making of an antisemitic myth the new republic.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. She has written a history whose principal subject is jews but that fully qualifies as a historical work that enlightens us about a period as a whole. May 11, 2017 francesca trivellato, newly named as the barton m. Books or articles that have been completed are followed by a link to my notes. Francesca trivellato yale university on 11 april 2014, the institute of french studies at new york university sponsored a symposium entitled history, memory, and scaling of the past. Selected for the long list for the 2010 cundill prize in history awarded by mcgill university. She is a social and economic historian of early modern europe who in the past few years has turned her attention to jewishchristian relations as a way of examining the interplay of material and symbolic changes that occurred in old regime societies. Mellon professor at the institute for advanced study at princeton.
California italian studies, 21, 2011 cl 80900the art of fiction in cervantes. He is currently preparing two books on precious stones in the early modern world, while also working on a new project on materials testing in early modern france. Trivellato, francesca 2011 is there a future for italian microhistory in the age of global history. Jordan schnitzer book award for the best book in early modern and modern jewish. How an antisemitic legend gave voice to widespread fears surrounding the expansion of private credit in western capitalism. It focuses on revels manifold contributions as a scholar, teacher, and university administrator in order to reflect on the different meanings that the label microhistory has acquired over the past forty years. Mellon professor in the school of historical studies at the institute for advanced study in princeton, nj.
Download citation on jan 1, 2011, francesca trivellato and others published is there a future for italian microhistory in the age of global history. He was a member of the church of the east, and ghobrial uses this fact. Francesca trivellatos publications cairn international. I said paradoxically, because the book was published in 1976 and the discussions about microhistory started a few years later, in 197879. Francesca trivellato born 1970, in padua is a historian, focusing on cultural, economic and social history in the early modern period. This article proposes a microhistory or marginal biography of sculptor. The promise and peril of credit takes an incisive look at pivotal episodes in the wests centurieslong struggle to define the place of private finance in the social and political order. Microhistory, history on the large scale, cultural and social history 7, no. But elias book of travels was more than a travelogue of far away lands intended to entertain audiences back home. Francesca trivellato, an italian historian who teaches at yale, wrote an article, which is. Francesca trivellato is professor in the school of historical studies at the institute for advanced study in princeton. Carlo ginzburg, p rofessor emeritus at ucla and a noted italian historian and proponent of the field of microhistory.
The sephardic diaspora, livorno, and crosscultural trade in the early modern period francesca trivellato on. What a forgotten legend about jews and finance tells us about the making of european commercial society francesca trivellato. But in the past two decades a host of scholars have written microhistoricallyinflected studies of men and women whose lives transcended narrowly bounded geographical, religious, and linguistic areas. At first sight, global history and microhistory have. The marvelous hairy girls is a wonderful book, meticulously researched, witty and beautifully written. The promise and peril of credit princeton university press. Volume 6, the construction of a global world, 14001800 ce, part 1, foundations by jerry h.
Whether or not the field needs saving is a fair question, but nonetheless this volume does argue that microhistorical methods can offer what francesca trivellato has called a healthy dose of critical selfreflexivity into the practice of global history. What a forgotten legend about jews and finance tells. Jews from leghorn, italians from lisbon, and hindus from goa trade networks and intercultural trade in the modern era. This is the thirtyninth issue of east asian history. Anyone grappling with questions of method will find it thoughtprovoking. Nevertheless, there is a strong chance that it could not qualify as the best available one.
Francesca trivellato gave a different answer in papers published in 2011 and 2015. Renaissance italy and the muslim mediterranean, microhistory, and global history. Is there a future for italian microhistory in the age of global history. Francesca trivellato department of history at yale. Barbara weinstein, nyu, introduction edward berenson, nyu, introduction florent brayard, ehess. The first book examines the material and political foundations. Twentythird annual joseph and rebecca meyerhoff lecture microhistory and global history.
The familiarity of strangers, by francesca trivellato. I had already read ginzburgs first book, i benandanti 1966, but still, i was not. Trivellato, who is a former member 2012 in the school, is currently the barton m. A life between cultures in twentiethcentury france. Francesca trivellato, yale university, usa both a vivid reconstruction of an event, and a sparkling analysis of society and politics, the revolt of the snowballs reminds us of the power of microhistory. She is a social and economic historian of early modern europe who in the past few years has turned her attention to jewishchristian relations as a way of examining the interplay. Cowinner of the jordan schnitzer book award for the best book in early modern and modern jewish history published in english between 2006 and 2010, awarded by the association of jewish studies. In its ambition, however, microhistory can be distinguished from a simple case study insofar as microhistory aspires to ask large questions in small places, to use the definition given by charles joyner. Full text of the secret life of elias of babylon and the uses of global microhistory see other formats number 222 february 2014 the secret life of elias of babylon and the uses of global microhistory here are the bare facts of a life lived in the seventeenth century. The book contributes profoundly to our understanding of premodern politics and revolt, of what counted as politics from different. Biggs professor of history, is a historian of early modern europe and the mediterranean, whose interests revolve around a broad set of questions about the organization and the culture of the marketplace in the. The revolt of snowballs unpicks a rare and turbulent event which occurred in 1511 and investigates the meaning behind it. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
The era from 1400 to 1800 saw intense biological, commercial, and cultural exchanges, and the creation of global connections on an unprecedented scale. Themes from the first conference of the global microhistory network. Her publications have covered italian history, jewish history and trade and cultural networks. This is a far more difficult task than it may seem. As francesca trivellato shows in her extraordinary book, the promise and peril of credit. She has adopted a microanalytical approach to the study of longdistance trade and is interested in how italian microhistorians reflect on the interplay between cultural and economic change. Is there a future for italian microhistory in the age. The sephardic diaspora, livorno, and crosscultural trade in the early modern period yale university press on. Francesca trivellato in the late 1970s and 80s, particularly after the appearance of carlo ginzburgs the cheese and the worms 1976 and giovanni levis inheriting power 1985, italian microhistory shook the ground of established historiographical paradigms and practices. Biography and microhistory seminar syllabus, columbia university, fall. Biggs professor of history, is a historian of early modern europe and the mediterranean, whose interests revolve around a broad set of questions about the organization and the culture of the marketplace in the preindustrial world.
Jun 03, 2010 francesca trivellatos book accomplishes what so many who study the history of the jews try to do. Equally remarkable, it represents a major methodological move by a prominent marxist social historian who intentionally wrote a biographynot a microhistory or life historyof an individual previously unknown to historians or general readers. The sephardic diaspora, livorno, and crosscultural trade in the early modern period and fondamenta dei vetrai. Francesca trivellato, yale university, connecticut history is a story that relies on details and imagination. Francesca trivellato, one of the foremost historians of economic, social, and cultural history of the early modern period, has been appointed to the faculty of the school of historical studies at the institute for advanced study, effective july 1, 2018. Francesca trivellato borrowed her experience of global history on a reduced scale from this particularly stimulating methodological approach. Taking a new approach to the study of crosscultural trade, this book blends archival research with historical narrative and economic analysis to understand how the sephardic jews of livorno, tuscany, traded in regions near and far in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Biography and microhistory seminar syllabus, columbia university, fall 2016. This is the question behind the ahrc global microhistory network. Nevertheless, there is a strong chance that it could.
Lavoro, tecnologia e mercato a venezia tra sei e settecento. In the familiarity of strangers francesca trivellato has accomplished something special a brilliant description of a family, of a nation, of a period of history, of an economy and of a culture. Early modern historian francesca trivellato appointed to. Trivellato, francesca, is there a future for italian microhistory in the age of. On january 27, 1511, the island of murano was the scene of an exceptional event during which the representative of venice. She chairs the european studies council at the macmillan center. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. This article was first delivered as a talk at a symposium in honor of jacques revel.
It is a book that compiles a great deal of useful social, demographic, and cultural as. Francesca trivellato, is there a future for italian microhistory in the age of global history. Francesca trivellato department of history at yale university. Francesca trivellato author of the familiarity of strangers. Early modern historian francesca trivellato appointed to the. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Francesca trivellato in her 2011 article posed the confrontation between microhistory and global history, but concluded with some hope.
Biography and microhistory seminar syllabus, columbia university, fall 2016 k. Francesca trivellato anticipated these anxieties towards global microhistory. Sep 11, 2015 the most adequate book length account on microhistory, i believe, would be a microhistory of microhistory. Francesca trivellato teaches the history of early modern europe and the mediterranean at yale university.
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