Concept information
Preferred term
merchant communities
Definition
- In the past, merchants were linked to long-distance trade involving movement by land or sea; today, contact is swifter by air or by the Internet. Merchants traded various commodities from the mundane, such as salt, to the exotic, such as jade. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Merchant Communities]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/merchant_communities
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