Shopping Spaces and the Urban Landscape in Early Modern Amsterdam, 1550-1850 /

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In this study, the appearance and location of shops in Amsterdam during the early modern period is linked to major changes in the urban economy, the size and socio-spatial distribution of its population, and the structure of the urban grid. Not only is there ample attention for the spatial distribut...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lesger, Cl. (Clé) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Dutch
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
Colección:Amsterdam studies in the Dutch golden age.
Temas:
Stores, Retail > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History.
City planning > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History.
Urban landscape architecture > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Magasins > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam > Histoire.
Paysage urbain > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam.
Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700.
Economic history.
HISTORY > Modern > General.
City planning
Commerce
Stores, Retail
Urban landscape architecture
Einkaufsstraße
Urbanität
History & Archaeology.
Amsterdam (Netherlands) > Commerce > History.
Netherlands > Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Retail location, shopping streets, shop design, architecture, consumption spaces.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title
  • Introduction
  • Preface
  • Table of contents
  • Copyright page
  • 1. Shops, markets and the urban landscape in sixteenth-century Amsterdam
  • Historical background
  • The location of retail activities: Theory
  • The urban landscape of Amsterdam in the sixteenth century
  • The location of shops in the urban landscape
  • Streets, houses and shops
  • 2. Changing distribution systems: differentiation and specialization in early modern Amsterdam
  • Distribution systems in the US and England
  • Distributive trade and distribution in Amsterdam
  • Combinations of wholesale and retail
  • 3. Shop location patterns in the age of the great urban expansions
  • A period of dynamism and expansion
  • Patterns of accessibility in the ­enlarged city
  • Shops in the city centre and the new neighbourhoods
  • The retail landscape of Amsterdam in the seventeenth century
  • 4. The retail landscape and the consumer in the seventeenth century
  • The street
  • Shopfronts
  • Shop interiors
  • Buying and selling
  • 5. The location of shops in Amsterdam in the mid-eighteenth century
  • Sources and location patterns: A first exploration
  • The retail system in the city centre: The main shopping streets
  • Shops outside the city centre
  • Forms of accessibility and the urban grid in Amsterdam
  • 6. Stagnation and modernization in Amsterdam's retail sector, 1700-1850
  • Shops in Britain in the eighteenth century
  • The number and location of shops in Amsterdam
  • Urban improvement in Amsterdam
  • Retail trade practices in Amsterdam
  • Conclusion: Continuity and change in Amsterdam's retail landscape
  • Appendix: Sources for the location of shops in Amsterdam and selection of sectors
  • Shops selling daily necessities
  • Shops selling durable and luxury goods:
  • Shops selling daily necessities:
  • Shops selling durable and luxury goods:
  • List of consulted sources and literature
  • Primary sources
  • Bibliography
  • List of tables
  • Image credits
  • Topographical Index

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