Rise of the Amsterdam Market and Information Exchange

Rise of the Amsterdam Market and Information Exchange

Merchants, Commercial Expansion and Change in the Spatial Economy of the Low Countries, c.1550-1630

Lesger, Cle

Taylor & Francis Ltd

08/2006

344

Dura

Inglês

9780754652205

15 a 20 dias

During 16th century, the centre of European international trade shifted from Antwerp to Amsterdam, presaging the economic rise of the Dutch Republic in the following century. This study addresses specific historical questions concerning the commercial life of the Low Countries. It also explores issues of early modern European commercial trade.
Contents: Preface; Introduction. Part I Trade in Amsterdam and the Spatial Economy of the Low Countries: The spatial economy of the Low Countries around the middle of the 16th century; Continuity and change in the gateway system c.1550-c.1630; Commercial expansion in Amsterdam and changes in the spatial economy of the Low Countries during the Revolt; Established merchants and newcomers in Amsterdam. Part II Amsterdam and the Organization of Trade in the Early Modern Period: Amsterdam and the organization of trade; Amsterdam as a centre of information supply. Summary and conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes.
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