Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-323) and index
1. Livorno and Political Economy in the Late Renaissance -- 2. Insecurity and Opportunity in the Middle Sea -- 3. Institutions, Information, and the Invention of Free Trade -- 4. Governance and Tax Collection in a Free Port -- 5. Disembedding the Marketplace -- 6. Brokering Trade in the Central Mediterranean -- 7. Livorno and the Science of Commerce in Enlightenment Tuscany -- 8. Free Trade before Liberalism
