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Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740

By Jonathan I. Israel

Book information

Publisher
Clarendon Press
Year
1990
ISBN
9780198211396, 0198211392
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
28 MB (28904377 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
484\482
Time added
2021-01-31 12:16:13

Description

Despite its small size and population, the Dutch Republic functioned as the hub of world trade, shipping, and finance for nearly two centuries. This is the first detailed account of that hegemony from its sixteenth-century origins to the final collapse of the Dutch trading system in the eighteenth century. 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

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