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Making Merchants: Martha Howell on Early Modern Germany
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- Heyman Center for the Humanities
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- Free
Martha Howell explores how merchants in early modern German-speaking Europe built identities around commerce, family, civic life and honor.
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- Format
- In person
- Location
- Heyman Center for the Humanities, East Campus Residence Hall, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, Manhattan
- Organizer
- The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities
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- Tickets reported available
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Martha Howell explores how merchants in early modern German-speaking Europe built identities around commerce, family, civic life and honor.
Martha C. Howell discusses Making Merchants: The Cultural Construction of a Merchant Class in Early Modern Germany, joined by scholars Matthew L. Jones, Camille Robcis, Walter Simons and Carl Wennerlind. The book draws on merchants’ own narratives to examine how they understood their place in society. Each guest needs their own registration and email address. External guest registration closes October 13 at 4 p.m.; Columbia and Barnard affiliates should use their campus email and may register at the door.
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Book about early modern German-speaking Europe, verified by organizer.