{"product_id":"the-rise-of-commercial-empires-england-and-the-netherlands-in-the-age-of-mercantilism-1650-1770-hardback-9780521819268","title":"The Rise of Commercial Empires; England and the Netherlands in the Age of Mercantilism, 1650–1770 (Hardback) 9780521819268","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Rise of Commercial Empires\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEngland and the Netherlands in the Age of Mercantilism, 1650–1770\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA work of major importance for the economic history of both Europe and North America.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Ormrod (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521819268, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 March 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e420 pages, 10 b\/w illus.  1 map  33 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 3.3 cm, 0.773 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Ormrod has produced a very detailed analysis on the basis of years of scholarship; the British and Dutch economies have been compared time and again but never in as much depth as in this study.' Institute of Historical Research\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn early modern Europe, and particularly in the Netherlands, commercial empires were held together as much by cities as by unified nation states. David Ormrod here takes a regional economy as his preferred unit of analysis, the North Sea economy: an interlocking network of trades shaped by public and private interests, and the matrix within which Anglo-Dutch competition, borrowing and collaboration took shape. He shows how England's increasingly coherent mercantilist objectives undermined Dutch commercial hegemony, in ways which contributed to the restructuring of the North Sea staplemarket system. The commercial revolution has rightly been identified with product diversification and the expansion of long-distance trading, but the reorganization of England's nearby European trades was equally important, providing the foundation for eighteenth-century commercial growth and facilitating the expansion of the Atlantic economy. With the Anglo-Scottish union of 1707, the last piece of a national British entrepot system was put into place.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of maps and illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface and acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. National economies and the history of the market\u003cbr\u003e Part I. England, Holland and the Commercial Revolution: 2. Dutch trade hegemony and English competition, 1650–1700\u003cbr\u003e 3. English commercial expansion and the Dutch staplemarket, 1700–1770\u003cbr\u003e Part II. English Trade with the Dutch Staplemarket: 4. Rivalry, crisis and reorganisation in the woollen export trade\u003cbr\u003e 5. Import substitution and European linen imports\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Dutch staplemarket and the growth of English re-exports\u003cbr\u003e 7. England, Holland and the international grain trade\u003cbr\u003e 8. The coal trade and energy resources\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Dutch Decline and English Expansion: 9. The shipping industry and the impact of war\u003cbr\u003e 10. Protectionism and Dutch economic decline\u003cbr\u003e 11. Conclusion. Commercial growth and the divergence of England\u003cbr\u003e Appendixes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Maritime history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Maritime history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Maritime%20history%20%5BHBTM%5D%22\"\u003eHBTM\u003c\/a\u003e], Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265160925464,"sku":"9780521819268","price":96.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521819268i.jpg?v=1692020117","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-rise-of-commercial-empires-england-and-the-netherlands-in-the-age-of-mercantilism-1650-1770-hardback-9780521819268","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}