The 'Mother of all Trades'
The 'Mother of all Trades'

Author: Milja van Tielhof

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-12-28

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 9004476121

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the early-modern period, the Dutch called the grain trade on the Baltic the 'mother of all trades', as they considered it to be the basis of most of their trade and shipping and indeed the cornerstone of the Dutch economy. For a very long time the mass grain exports from the Baltic were dominated by the Dutch, and Amsterdam was the central entrepôt from which the grain was distributed over the Dutch hinterland and the rest of Europe. This book aims to present a general history of the 'mother of all trades' and particularly shows the fundamental importance for transaction costs, including the costs for transport, insurance and protection, the quality of the local services sector in Amsterdam, the influence of monetary and mercantile policies, and the efficiency of trade organization.

Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts: Being The Letters Of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1630-1643, And Other Documents Relating To The Colony Of Rensselaerswy
Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts: Being The Letters Of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1630-1643, And Other Documents Relating To The Colony Of Rensselaerswy

Author: Kiliaen van Rensselaer

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016089111

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Slavery in Dutch South Africa
Slavery in Dutch South Africa

Author: Nigel Worden

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1985-04-25

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0521258758

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This 1985 comprehensive study analyses slavery in early colonial South Africa under the Dutch East India Company (1652-1795). Based on archival research in Britain, the Netherlands and South Africa, it examines the nature of Cape slavery with reference to the literature on other slave societies.

Public Finance of the Dutch Republic in Comparative Perspective
Public Finance of the Dutch Republic in Comparative Perspective

Author: Wantje Fritschy

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-04-11

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 9004341285

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This study offers the first complete overview of the remarkable public finances of the Dutch Republic of the United Provinces. Wantje Fritschy has analysed the development and structure of its public revenue and expenditure. She argues that a ‘tax revolution’ and the ‘fiscal resilience’ of the provinces together were more important for its surprising performance than Holland’s public debt alone, and the institutional and economic characteristics of its ‘urban system’ were more important than wealth due to foreign trade. Comparisons with the fiscal systems of three more centralized states - the Venetian Republic, Britain and the Ottoman Empire - underline the crucial importance of long-term ‘urbanization trajectories’ in understanding early-modern fiscal performance. It was not because it was federal that the Dutch Republic collapsed.

The First Modern Economy
The First Modern Economy

Author: Jan de Vries

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997-05-28

Total Pages: 694

ISBN-13: 9780521570619

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A comprehensive economic history of the Netherlands, the first truly modern economy, during its rise to European economic leadership.