Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740

Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740

"The Dutch Republic, despite its small size and population, functioned as the hub of world trade, shipping and finance for over a century following the fall of Antwerp in 1585. This is the first general account of Dutch world-trade hegemony in all its aspects from its origins as a depot for �...

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Main Author : Israel Jonathan Irvine (Auteur)
Format : Book
Language : anglais
Title statement : Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740 / Jonathan I. Israel
Published : Oxford : Clarendon Press , C 1989
Physical Description : 1 volume (xxi-462 pages)
Subjects :
Commerce > Pays-Bas > 1500-1800
Commerce international > Histoire
Commerce extérieur > Pays-Bas > 1500-1800
Impérialisme > Pays-Bas > 1500-1800
Relations économiques extérieures > Pays-Bas > 1500-1800
Pays-Bas > 1556-1648 (Guerres d'indépendance)
Pays-Bas > 1648-1795
  • 1 : Introduction.
  • 2 : The origins of Dutch world-trade hegemony.
  • 3 : The breakthrough to world primacy, 1590-1609.
  • 4 : The Twelve Years' Truce, 1609-1621.
  • 5 : The Dutch and the crisis of the world economy, 1621-1647.
  • 6 : The zenith, 1647-1672.
  • 7 : Beyond the zenith, 1672-1700.
  • 8 : The Dutch world entrepôt and the conflict of the Spanish Succession, 1700-1713.
  • 9 : Decline relative and absolute, 1713-1740.
  • 10 : Afterglow and final collapse.
  • 11 : Conclusion.
  • Bibliography.
  • Index