Cities of Commerce : The Institutional Foundations of International Trade in the Low Countries, 1250-1650 /

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Cities of Commerce develops a model of institutional change in European commerce based on urban rivalry. Cities continuously competed with each other by adapting commercial, legal, and financial institutions to the evolving needs of merchants. Oscar Gelderblom traces the successive rise of Bruges, A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gelderblom, Oscar (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Local Commerce.
Business & Economics.
Commerce.
HISTORY > Medieval.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
Benelux countries.
Benelux countries > Commerce > History > 17th century.
Benelux countries > Commerce > History > 16th century.
Benelux countries > Commerce > History > To 1500.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Cities of Commerce develops a model of institutional change in European commerce based on urban rivalry. Cities continuously competed with each other by adapting commercial, legal, and financial institutions to the evolving needs of merchants. Oscar Gelderblom traces the successive rise of Bruges, Antwerp, and Amsterdam to commercial primacy between 1250 and 1650, showing how dominant cities feared being displaced by challengers while lesser cities sought to keep up by cultivating policies favorable to trade. He argues that it was this competitive urban network that promoted open-acc.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9781400848591

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