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The articles in this volume position Venice and her economy from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century in relation to the larger European and Mediterranean context. In so doing, they engage firmly in a debate with recent historiographical discussions about European peripheries, the role of craft guilds and rural industries, the impact of fashion and demand-driven markets in the process of production specialization, and the emergence of regional markets and proto-industrial districts.Table of Contents“At the Centre of the Old World. Reinterpreting Venetian Economic History”, Paola LanaroPart Venice“The Production of Woollens in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Venice”, Andrea Mozzato"The Silk Industry of Guilds and Labour Relations in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries”, Marcello Della Valentina“Murano Continuity and Transformation (1400-1800)”, Francesca Trivellato“The Industries of Venice in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries”, Walter PancieraPart The Venetian Mainland“Wool and Silk. The Textile Urban Industry of the Venetian Mainland (15th-17th Centuries)”, Edoardo Demo“Hosiery Manufacturing in the Venetian Republic (16th-18th Centuries)”, Carlo Marco Belfanti“Old and New Manufacturers, Products, and Markets in the Venetian Republic in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries”, Giovanni Favero“Manufacturing Activity in Venetian Specialized Products and the Formation of Regional Market (17th-18th Centuries)”, Luca Mocarelli“Rural Manufactures and Patterns of Economic Cases from the Venetian Mainland”, Francesco Vianello“Conclusions”, Maurice Aymard