Shopping Spaces and the Urban Landscape in Early Modern Amsterdam, 1550-1850 /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Dutch |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2020]
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Colección: | Amsterdam studies in the Dutch golden age.
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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