Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740 [Reprint ed.] 9780198211396, 0198211392

Despite its small size and population, the Dutch Republic functioned as the hub of world trade, shipping, and finance fo

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Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740 [Reprint ed.]
 9780198211396, 0198211392

Table of contents :
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 Entrepôt and the Conflict of the Spanish Succession, 1700–1713
9 Decline Relative and Absolute, 1713–1740
10 Afterglow and Final Collapse
11 Conclusion

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