Making Business in Salonica from the Ottoman Empire to the Greek Nation-State: The Allatini Family’s Investments in Mining Enterprises

The aim of this study is to further the historiography mining, placing emphasis on mining enterprises Allatinis, a Jewish Sephardi family that had been living for long time in thriving port Leghorn (Italian: Livorno) before moving Ottoman Selânik (Thessaloniki Greek) around 1800. Their financial activities were inextricably intertwined with political situation, ongoing territorial disputes regarding region and eventual annexation Salonica Greek state, deeply affecting course their business strategy nascent industry era. Τhe examination Allatinis’ highlights transition from one entity another: Empire Modern nation-state.