The Rise of the Amsterdam Market and Information Exchange: Merchants, Commercial Expansion and Change in the Spatial Economy of the Low Countries, c.1550–1630

Author:   Clé Lesger
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   New edition
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9780754652205


Pages:   344
Publication Date:   10 August 2006
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Clé Lesger
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.800kg
ISBN:  

9780754652205


ISBN 10:   0754652203
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   10 August 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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'This important study offers a radical reinterpretation of both the causes and nature of Amsterdam's trading success in the seventeenth century... Taken as a whole, this is a valuable [...] contribution to the debate on the causes and nature of Amsterdam's rise and, more generally, of the economic success of the Dutch Republic as a whole.' English Historical Review 'This is an an extremely rich book, a pleasure to read and a very stimulating experience.' Economic History Review 'Not everyone will agree with all of Lesger's arguments, but this book deserves to be, from now on, the first one that everyone reads.' European History Quarterly


’This important study offers a radical reinterpretation of both the causes and nature of Amsterdam's trading success in the seventeenth century... Taken as a whole, this is a valuable [...] contribution to the debate on the causes and nature of Amsterdam's rise and, more generally, of the economic success of the Dutch Republic as a whole.’ English Historical Review ’This is an an extremely rich book, a pleasure to read and a very stimulating experience.’ Economic History Review ’Not everyone will agree with all of Lesger’s arguments, but this book deserves to be, from now on, the first one that everyone reads.’ European History Quarterly


'This important study offers a radical reinterpretation of both the causes and nature of Amsterdam's trading success in the seventeenth century... Taken as a whole, this is a valuable [...] contribution to the debate on the causes and nature of Amsterdam's rise and, more generally, of the economic success of the Dutch Republic as a whole.' English Historical Review 'This is an an extremely rich book, a pleasure to read and a very stimulating experience.' Economic History Review 'Not everyone will agree with all of Lesger's arguments, but this book deserves to be, from now on, the first one that everyone reads.' European History Quarterly


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Clé Lesger is Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His research interests include the organization of early modern trade; the spatial economy of the Low Countries; the history of migration; and urban land use and the spatial structure of cities.

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