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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782973303321

Titolo

The political economy of the Dutch Republic / / edited by Oscar Gelderblom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-02076-6

1-317-02077-4

1-315-55448-8

1-282-05450-3

9786612054501

0-7546-9583-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Classificazione

15.70

Altri autori (Persone)

GelderblomOscar

Disciplina

330.949204

Soggetti

Netherlands Economic conditions 16th century

Netherlands Economic conditions 17th century

Netherlands Economic conditions 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Emulating Success: Contemporary Views of the Dutch Economy before 1800; 2 Holland's New Fiscal Regime, 1572-1576; 3 The Efficiency of Taxation in Holland; 4 The Political Economy of Bread in the Dutch Republic; 5 Mutual Advantages: State Bankers as Brokers between the City of Amsterdam and the Dutch Republic; 6 Tax Morale and Citizenship in the Dutch Republic; 7 Rural Development and Landownership in Holland, c.1400-1650; 8 Financing Water Management in Rijnland, 1500-1800

9 The Organization of Long-Distance Trade in England and the Dutch Republic,1550-165010 The Union of Utrecht, Tariff Barriers, and the Interprovincial Beer Trade in the Dutch Republic; 11 Local Particularism Challenged, 1795-1813; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the first half of the seventeenth century the Dutch Republic emerged as one of Europe's leading maritime powers. The political and military



leadership of this small country was based on large-scale borrowing from an increasingly wealthy middle-class of merchants, manufacturers and regents This volume presents the first comprehensive account of the political economy of the Dutch republic from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. Building on earlier scholarship and extensive new evidence it tackles two main issues: the effect of political revolution on property rights and public fin