{"product_id":"dutch-deltas-emergence-functions-and-structure-of-the-low-countries-maritime-transport-system-ca-1300-1850-9789004273061","title":"Dutch Deltas: Emergence, Functions and Structure of the Low Countries’ Maritime Transport System, ca. 1300-1850","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Dutch Deltas, Werner Scheltjens examines the emergence, functions and structure of the Low Countries’ maritime transport system between ca. 1300 and 1850. Scheltjens introduces the delta as a suitable geographical unit of analysis for understanding the regional economic origins of communities of maritime transporters. The author proves that changes in maritime trade networks and in the structure of regional economies entailed a process of specialisation, which led to the emergence of ‘professional’ maritime transport communities and the development of an integrated maritime transport market with Amsterdam and Rotterdam as its main centres.  Dutch Deltas offers the first comprehensive study of the economic geography of the Low Countries’ maritime transport sector and its long-term development between 1300 and 1850.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[The book] is a valuable and original complement to the well-known discourse on Dutch involvement in early modern seaborne trade.' Tijl Vanneste (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), in: Renaissance Quarterly, Volume LXX, No. 2, p. 745-747.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ... vii List of Illustrations ... x List of Abbreviations ... xiv  Introduction ... 1    Historiography ... 1    Deltas ... 8    Sources ... 11    Conversion ... 16    Name Matching ... 23  1 Locations ... 27    Overview ... 27    Rise and Fall ... 30       Before 1400 ... 31       1400–1500 ... 35       1500–1600 ... 41       1600–1700 ... 47       1700–1800 ... 58    Conclusions ... 64  2 Functions ... 66    Method ... 66    Transport Market Integration ... 72    The Port System of the Dutch Deltas in a European Context ... 83    Conclusions ... 89  3 Production ... 91    The Production of Grain Transport Services ... 91    The Spatial Structure of Grain Transport Services ... 107       Group 1 ... 112       Group 2 ... 118       Group 3 ... 122    Conclusions ... 129  4 Domiciles ... 131    Domicile Ambiguity ... 131    Virtual Migration ... 139    Conclusions ... 144  5 Usances ... 146     Conclusions ... 162  Appendices ... 169    Appendix to Chapter 1 ... 169    Appendix to Chapter 2 ... 224    Appendix to Chapter 3 ... 240    Appendix to Chapter 4: Domicile Ambiguity Matrix ... 290 Bibliography ... 301    Archives ... 301    Primary Sources ... 301 Secondary Literature ... 303 Index ... 318","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210651394391,"sku":"9789004273061","price":140.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dutch-deltas-emergence-functions-and-structure-of-the-low-countries-maritime-transport-system-ca-1300-1850-9789004273061","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}