Jan de Vries (Berkeley University of California), Ad van der Woude (The Netherlands Landbouw-Economisch Instituut)

The First Modern Economy

Success, Failure, and Perseverance of the Dutch Economy, 1500 1815

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive economic history of the Netherlands, the first truly modern economy, during its rise to European economic leadership. Special emphasis is placed on the environmental context and demographic developments. The Dutch model of development and stagnation is applicable to currently maturing economies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 792
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1134g
• ISBN-13: 9780521578257
• ISBN-10: 0521578256
• Artikelnr.: 22108406

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. By way of introduction
Part I. Structures: 2. Space and time, structures and conjunctures
3. The people
4. Money and taxes, borrowing and lending
5. Three questions
Part II. Sectors: 6. Agriculture
7. Fishing
8. Industry
9. Foreign trade until the mid-seventeenth century
10. Foreign trade after the mid-seventeenth century
Part III. Analysis: 11. City and country: the social structure of a modern economy
12. The standard of living and the labor market
13. The course of the economy: a macroeconomic analysis
14. Postlude.