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UNINA9910819592703321 |
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Autore |
Go Sabine <1970-> |
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Titolo |
Marine insurance in the Netherlands 1600-1870 : a comparative institutional approach / / Sabine Go [[electronic resource]] |
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Amsterdam : , : Aksant, , 2009 |
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1-283-25971-0 |
9786613259714 |
90-485-2127-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (332 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Marine insurance - Netherlands - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of tables, graphs and maps -- Abbrevations -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Groningen: mutual interests and financial innovation in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Chapter 3: Amsterdam: individuals, ineffectual regulations and intricate balances of power in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Chapter 4: Rotterdam: commercial and political collusion in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Chapter 5: Conclusion -- Samenvatting (summary in Dutch) -- Archival Sources -- Printed sources and literature -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<p>Marine insurance has been of great importance to the expansion of long distance trade and economic growth in the early modern period, in particular for seafaring nations such as the Dutch Republic. The Amsterdam market became Europe's leading insurance market and within the Republic other insurance systems also emerged. Little is known about the differing institutional frameworks governing these industries and the interaction between the institutions and the actors in the industry.</p> <p>This study will examine the development of marine insurance in the Netherlands in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and the province of Groningen from c. 1600 to 1870 from an institutional point of view. It will examine how the behaviour of authorities, insurers, underwriters and brokers was affected by the formal and informal |
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