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Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740 Jonathan I. Israel (Professor of Dutch History and Institutions, Professor of Dutch History and Institutions, University of London)

Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740 By Jonathan I. Israel (Professor of Dutch History and Institutions, Professor of Dutch History and Institutions, University of London)

Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740 by Jonathan I. Israel (Professor of Dutch History and Institutions, Professor of Dutch History and Institutions, University of London)

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This is the first general account of Dutch hegemony in trade, shipping, and finance between 1585 and 1740. Professor Israel, the leading historian in this field, uses a wide range of sources to explain why, despite its small size and population, the Dutch Republic functioned as the hub of world trade for nearly two centuries.

Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740 Summary

Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740 by Jonathan I. Israel (Professor of Dutch History and Institutions, Professor of Dutch History and Institutions, University of London)

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.

Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740 Reviews

substantial and welcome study ... packed with detail, and presented in a lively and readable style, it is a completely successful work ... a work of impressive scholarship ... a must, not only for students of Dutch history, but for anyone interested in the economic history of Europe in this period * Times Higher Education Supplement *
a formidable work which makes compelling reading ... it will become a standard work * Times Literary Supplement *

Table of Contents

Introduction; The origins of Dutch world-trade hegemony; The breakthrough to world primacy, 1590-1609; The Twelve Years' Truce, 1609-1621; The Dutch and the crisis of the world economy, 1621-1647; The zenith, 1647-1672; Beyond the zenith, 1672-1700; The Dutch world entrepot and the conflict of the Spanish succession, 1700-1713; Decline relative and absolute, 1713-1740; Afterglow and final collapse; Conclusion

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9780198211396
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Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740 by Jonathan I. Israel (Professor of Dutch History and Institutions, Professor of Dutch History and Institutions, University of London)
Jonathan I. Israel (Professor of Dutch History and Institutions, Professor of Dutch History and Institutions, University of London)
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Oxford University Press
1990-07-26
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