Cities of Commerce: The Institutional Foundations of International Trade in the Low Countries, 1250-1650 - Couverture rigide

Livre 16 sur 55: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World

Gelderblom, Oscar

 
9780691142883: Cities of Commerce: The Institutional Foundations of International Trade in the Low Countries, 1250-1650
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ISBN 10 : 0691142882 ISBN 13 : 9780691142883
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Cities of Commerce develops a model of institutional change in European commerce based on urban rivalry. Cities continuously competed with each other by adapting commercial, legal, and financial institutions to the evolving needs of merchants. Oscar Gelderblom traces the successive rise of Bruges, Antwerp, and Amsterdam to commercial primacy between 1250 and 1650, showing how dominant cities feared being displaced by challengers while lesser cities sought to keep up by cultivating policies favorable to trade. He argues that it was this competitive urban network that promoted open-access institutions in the Low Countries, and emphasizes the central role played by the urban power holders--the magistrates--in fostering these inclusive institutional arrangements. Gelderblom describes how the city fathers resisted the predatory or reckless actions of their territorial rulers, and how their nonrestrictive approach to commercial life succeeded in attracting merchants from all over Europe.


Cities of Commerce intervenes in an important debate on the growth of trade in Europe before the Industrial Revolution. Challenging influential theories that attribute this commercial expansion to the political strength of merchants, this book demonstrates how urban rivalry fostered the creation of open-access institutions in international trade.

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À propos de l'auteur

Oscar Gelderblom is associate professor of economic history at Utrecht University. He is the editor of The Political Economy of the Dutch Republic.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691142882
ISBN 13 
9780691142883
Reliure
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Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
312
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9780691168203: Cities of Commerce: The Institutional Foundations of International Trade in the Low Countries, 1250-1650 (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

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ISBN 10 :  0691168202 ISBN 13 :  9780691168203
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2015
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