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Book SynopsisAn overview of Dutch financial history from the sixteenth century onwards, this book is based on fresh research in the field. It addresses the major themes which dominated institutions, structure, and movements of the finances of one of the world's most important trading nations.
Trade Review"The detail of this volume offers much insight to the specialist reader on a banking structure rather different from most European and American systems." J. Murdock, Choice
Table of ContentsList of figures; List of tables; 1. Introduction Marjolein 't Hart, Joost Jonker, and Jan Luiten van Zanden; 2. The merits of financial revolution: public finance 1550–1700 Marjolein 't Hart; 3. Linking the fortunes: currency and banking 1550–1800 Pit Dehing and Marjolein 't Hart; 4. From fragmentation to unification: public finance 1700–1914 Wante Fritschy and René van der Voort; 5. The alternative road to modernity: banking and currency 1814–1914 Joost Jonker; 6. Old rules, new conditions, 1914–1940 Jan Luiten van Zanden; 7. Towards a new maturity, 1940–1990 Jaap Barendregt and Hans Visser; 8. Conclusion Marjolein 't Hart, Joost Jonker, and Jan Luiten van Zanden; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.
