Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

Cities of commerce [[electronic resource] ] : the institutional foundations of international trade in the Low Countries, 1250-1650 / / Oscar Gelderblom



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Autore: Gelderblom Oscar Visualizza persona
Titolo: Cities of commerce [[electronic resource] ] : the institutional foundations of international trade in the Low Countries, 1250-1650 / / Oscar Gelderblom Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2013
Edizione: Course Book
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
Disciplina: 382.09492
Soggetto topico: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
Soggetto geografico: Benelux countries Commerce History To 1500
Benelux countries Commerce History 16th century
Benelux countries Commerce History 17th century
Soggetto non controllato: Amsterdam
Antwerp
Bruges
Dutch Republic
Dutch Revolt
Europe
European commerce
Flemish Revolt
German Hanse
Habsburgs
Hans Thijs
Low Countries
amicable settlement
arbitration
boycotts
brokers
central courts
collective action
commenda
commerce
commercial cities
commercial infrastructure
commercial litigation
commission trade
compensation
conflict resolution
court proceedings
cross-border trade
double-entry bookkeeping
footloose merchants
foreign traders
hostellers
inclusive institutions
institutional change
international trade
losses
merchants
open access institutions
private order solutions
spot markets
spreading of risks
state formation
trade ports
urban autonomy
urban competition
urban magistrates
violence
Classificazione: NW 2395
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Commercial cities -- The organization of exchange -- Crossing borders -- Conflict resolution -- The protection of trade -- Dealing with losses -- Conclusion.
Sommario/riassunto: Cities of Commerce develops a model of institutional change in European commerce based on urban rivalry. Cities continuously competed with each other by adapting commercial, legal, and financial institutions to the evolving needs of merchants. Oscar Gelderblom traces the successive rise of Bruges, Antwerp, and Amsterdam to commercial primacy between 1250 and 1650, showing how dominant cities feared being displaced by challengers while lesser cities sought to keep up by cultivating policies favorable to trade. He argues that it was this competitive urban network that promoted open-access institutions in the Low Countries, and emphasizes the central role played by the urban power holders--the magistrates--in fostering these inclusive institutional arrangements. Gelderblom describes how the city fathers resisted the predatory or reckless actions of their territorial rulers, and how their nonrestrictive approach to commercial life succeeded in attracting merchants from all over Europe. Cities of Commerce intervenes in an important debate on the growth of trade in Europe before the Industrial Revolution. Challenging influential theories that attribute this commercial expansion to the political strength of merchants, this book demonstrates how urban rivalry fostered the creation of open-access institutions in international trade.
Titolo autorizzato: Cities of commerce  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-691-16820-2
1-4008-4859-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779837303321
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Serie: Princeton economic history of the Western world.