The Rise of Commercial Empires : England and the Netherlands in the Age of Mercantilism, 1650-1770 (Hardcover)

List of maps and illustrations; List of figures; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. National economies and the history of the market; Part I. England, Holland and the Commercial Revolution: 2. Dutch trade hegemony and English competition, 1650?1700; 3. English commercial expansion and the Dutch staplemarket, 1700?1770; Part II. English Trade with the Dutch Staplemarket: 4. Rivalry, crisis and reorganisation in the woollen export trade; 5. Import substitution and European linen imports; 6. The Dutch staplemarket and the growth of English re-exports; 7. England, Holland and the international grain trade; 8. The coal trade and energy resources; Part III. Dutch Decline and English Expansion: 9. The shipping industry and the impact of war; 10. Protectionism and Dutch economic decline; 11. Conclusion. Commercial growth and the divergence of England; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index.