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Dutch deltas : emergence, functions and structure of the Low Countries' maritime transport system, ca. 1300-1850 / by Werner Scheltjens.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scheltjens, Werner, author.
- Series:
- Brill's Studies in Maritime History 1.
- Brill's Studies in Maritime History, 2405-4917 ; Volume 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shipping--Netherlands--History.
- Shipping.
- Shipowners--Netherlands--History.
- Shipowners.
- Deltas--Economic aspects--Netherlands--Commerce--History.
- Deltas.
- Economic geography--History.
- Economic geography.
- Economic development--Benelux countries--History.
- Economic development.
- Benelux countries--Economic integration--History.
- Benelux countries.
- Netherlands--Commerce--History.
- Netherlands.
- Benelux countries--Commerce--History.
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Commerce--History.
- Amsterdam (Netherlands).
- Rotterdam (Netherlands)--Commerce--History.
- Rotterdam (Netherlands).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (340 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Dutch Deltas , Werner Scheltjens examines the emergence, functions and structure of the Low Countries’ maritime transport system between circa 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.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 Locations
- 2 Functions
- 3 Production
- 4 Domiciles
- 5 Usances
- Conclusions
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-27307-7
- OCLC:
- 913376537
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004273078 DOI
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