Civic duty : public services in the early modern Low Countries / by Manon van der Heijden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heijden, Manon van der, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal services--Benelux countries--History.

Municipal services.

Public utilities--Benelux countries--History.

Public utilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne [England] : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study offers a new a view on public services in the early modern Low Countries and answers the following questions: who provided public facilities in urban communities and in which ways did public amenities change in the period between 1500 and 1800? It throws light on the ways in which responsibilities were shared between city dwellers and the factors which influenced the allocation and reallocation of public services between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The present study loo...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4438-3534-X

OCLC:

820123352