Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Capitalism
- Reviews
- The Cambridge History of Capitalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Babylonia in the first millenniumbce– economic growth in times of empire
- 3 Capitalism and the ancient Greek economy
- 4 Re-constructing the Roman economy
- 5 Trans-Asian trade, or the Silk Road deconstructed (antiquity, middle ages)
- 6 China before capitalism
- 7 Capitalism in India in the very long run
- 8 Institutional change and economic development in the Middle East, 700–1800
- 9 Markets and coercion in medieval Europe
- 10 Thevia italianato capitalism
- 11 The Low Countries
- 12 The formation of states and transitions to modern economies:
- 13 Capitalism and dependency in Latin America
- 14 The emergence of African capitalism
- 15 Native Americans and exchange:
- 16 British and European industrialization
- 17 America:
- 18 The political economy of rising capitalism
- Index
11 - The Low Countries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2014
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Capitalism
- Reviews
- The Cambridge History of Capitalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Babylonia in the first millenniumbce– economic growth in times of empire
- 3 Capitalism and the ancient Greek economy
- 4 Re-constructing the Roman economy
- 5 Trans-Asian trade, or the Silk Road deconstructed (antiquity, middle ages)
- 6 China before capitalism
- 7 Capitalism in India in the very long run
- 8 Institutional change and economic development in the Middle East, 700–1800
- 9 Markets and coercion in medieval Europe
- 10 Thevia italianato capitalism
- 11 The Low Countries
- 12 The formation of states and transitions to modern economies:
- 13 Capitalism and dependency in Latin America
- 14 The emergence of African capitalism
- 15 Native Americans and exchange:
- 16 British and European industrialization
- 17 America:
- 18 The political economy of rising capitalism
- Index
Summary
The dynamics of European market development before 1800 are demonstrated to good effect by the Low Countries. Geography forms the basis of the Low Countries diversity. The relative ease of communication and the ready availability across the Low Countries of an array of commercial institutions for marketing agricultural produce meant that the economic and social effects of land reclamation, new institutions governing access to land, new crops or farming techniques, new forms of demand, or the opening of new markets would be felt from one region to the next. The industrial sector that rose in tandem with the Republic's commercial expansion exerted a growing demand for labor, notably in the processing of imported foodstuffs and raw materials. The Dutch East India Company was sufficiently well organized to seize a leading role in the European competition over the Asian trade and the very modern-looking labor market formed an integral part of its strength.
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