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| 08681. GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: THE COMMERCIAL DECLINE OF VENICE DURING THE 15TH-17TH CENTURIES. Discusses the multiplicity of factors which led to the commercial, social, and economic decline of Venice. Among the factors included are increasing protectionism, currency devaluation, trade wars, skyrocketing insurance costs, sanitation problems and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, soaring public debt, trade deficits, and the financial burden of military excursions. 10 pages, 21 footnotes, 7 bibliographic sources. |
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