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Record Nr.

UNISA996247963803316

Autore

Israel Jonathan <1946->

Titolo

Dutch primacy in world trade, 1585-1740 / / Jonathan I. Israel [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon, 1989

ISBN

9786610801848

1-280-80184-0

0-19-821139-2

Edizione

[New Edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 462 p. ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

382/.09492

Soggetti

Commerce

Business & Economics

Local Commerce

Electronic books

Netherlands Commerce History

Netherlands History Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648

Netherlands History 1648-1795

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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 EntrepĂ´t and the Conflict of the Spanish Succession, 1700-1713 -- 9. Decline Relative and Absolute, 1713-1740 -- 10. Afterglow and Final Collapse -- 11. Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

Israel's account of how such a small nation was able to achieve and sustain an ascendancy in world trade for so long emphasizes the connection between Dutch commercial activity in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East, and its penetration of nearby European markets.