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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779918703321

Autore

Wintle Michael J.

Titolo

An economic and social history of the Netherlands, 1800-1920 : demographic, economic, and social transition / / Michael Wintle [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-107-12082-9

0-521-03739-5

0-511-32745-5

1-280-15478-0

0-511-49697-4

0-511-04635-9

0-511-15233-7

0-511-11877-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 399 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

306/.09492

Soggetti

Demography - Netherlands - History

Netherlands Economic conditions

Netherlands Social conditions

Netherlands Population History

Netherlands Statistics, Vital

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-384) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; pt. I. Demography, and the health of the nation. ; 1. Demographic indicators. ; 2. The condition of the people: public health, diet and nutrition -- ; pt. II. Economic transition. ; 3. Economic performance and industrialization: the Dutch debate. ; 4. Factor inputs: labour, capital, materials. ; 5. Economic influences: entrepreneurship, technology and government policy. ; 6. Sectoral analysis. ; 7. Features of demand. ; 8. Economic transition: conclusion -- ; pt. III. Social transition: state, society, individual and nation. ; 9. Authority and representation: the citizen and the state. ; 10. Education and welfare: empowerment and protection. ; 11. Loyal subjects: state formation and nation formation. ;



12. Social groups.

Sommario/riassunto

An Economic and Social History of the Netherlands, 1800-1920 provides a comprehensive account of Dutch history from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, examining population and health, the economy, and socio-political history. The Dutch experience in this period is fascinating and instructive: the country saw extremely rapid population growth, awesome death rates, staggering fertility, some of the fastest economic growth in the world, a uniquely large and efficient service sector, a vast and profitable overseas empire, characteristic 'pillarization', and relative tolerance. Michael Wintle also examines the lives of ordinary people: what they ate, how much they earned, what they thought about public affairs, and how they wooed and wed. This book will be of central importance to Dutch specialists, as well as European historians more generally.