The Rise of the Amsterdam Market and Information Exchange : Merchants, Commercial Expansion and Change in the Spatial Economy of the Low Countries, c. (Hardcover, New ed)

Contents: Preface; Introduction. Part I Trade in Amsterdam and the Spatial Economy of the Low Countries: The spatial economy of the Low Countries around the middle of the 16th century; Continuity and change in the gateway system c.1550-c.1630; Commercial expansion in Amsterdam and changes in the spatial economy of the Low Countries during the Revolt; Established merchants and newcomers in Amsterdam. Part II Amsterdam and the Organization of Trade in the Early Modern Period: Amsterdam and the organization of trade; Amsterdam as a centre of information supply. Summary and conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes.